Sudanese Army Airstrikes Destroy RSF Militia's Vehicles and SuppliesWarplanes launched five airstrikes targeting over ten Rapid Support Forces (RSF) positions in and around El-Fashir. The airstrikes ...

The head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel says the coalition is the only security mechanism ...

In a briefing to the Security Council on Thursday, the UN Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel painted a mixed picture of the region, which is facing a growing terrorist threat but ...

Musa was asleep in the village of Dusuman in northeast Nigeria when he was awoken by a sharp burst of gunfire and Boko Haram ...

The foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will visit Moscow this week as the Sahel nations and Russia seek to strengthen ties, the three African countries' foreign ministries said in a ...

Over the last 30 years one of the very cool trends in the international music scene is the growing popularity of West African “desert blues”: music from the Sahel region that draws on some of the same ...

Breakaway Alliance of Sahel States (AES) – Mali, Niger Republic and Burkina Faso – widened the gulf between them and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member nations yesterday.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a policy brief titled "Bringing U.S. Foreign Policy Back Home: Prioritizing American Interests ...

Every year, from December to April, the Harmattan sweeps across Africa. This cool, dry and dust-laden wind gets its name from ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger introduce a 0.5% levy on imports to fund a new union after leaving ECOWAS. The Alliance of ...

West African neighbours Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods as they seek to fund a ...

France has handed over control to the Senegalese government of two military bases in Senegal’s capital, Dakar that it has ...