Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 29, having ...

"The rise of junta rule in the Sahel represents a complex interplay between decolonization and destabilization." ...

By Reshmi Theckethil, Lead Portfolio, Climate Action, Disaster Risk Reduction, Energy, and Resilience | Sahel Resilience ...

Since 2005, the Sahel remains again and again weakened by ... This context exposes and further weakens this vast area composed of countries that are often poorly structured to face the multiple ...

Three junta-ruled countries in Africa's Sahel region will join forces to create a 5,000-strong unit to fight the jihadist violence that has for years plagued the nations, officials said on Tuesday.

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...

Amewunou said the security crisis in the Sahel, particularly in francophone West Africa, played a major role in the split, as did the influence of foreign powers like France. He added that AES may ...

France officially ended its decades-long military presence in Chad, its last stronghold in the West African region. The shift ...

The Sahel region of Africa, between the Sahara and the tropical ... Sahel have benefited terrorist organisations operating in the area. In Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, these takeovers have ...

These developments have led some analysts to believe Russia’s influence and ability to project power in the Sahel is waning, or that the Kremlin no longer considers the Sahel and other friendly states ...

Macron also dismissed the notion that French troops had been expelled from the Sahel, an area that sits just below ... “a contemptuous attitude towards Africa and Africans.” ...