In Africa's turbulent Sahel region, the Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM jihadist group is expanding its influence by repeated massacres, ...

A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to ...

Bamako hosted the first Alliance of Sahel States Games. Over 500 athletes from Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger competed in ...

Africa World Airlines (AWA) has officially launched a new direct flight route between Accra, Ghana and Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou, marking a significant step in its expansion into the Sahel ...

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Despite significant needs, UNICEF’s humanitarian appeal for Central Sahel children — totaling US$ 489.7 million — is less ...

With up to 6,000 fighters, JNIM is now the most well-armed militant force in the Sahel — and among the most powerful in the world, officials and experts say.

Ghana has reaffirmed its unwavering solidarity with Niger and other members of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), as President John Dramani Mahama extends support to the newly inaugurated Conseil ...

The Sahel countries established a bloc of their own -- the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) -- in September 2023 but have remained dependent on the ports of ECOWAS countries like Benin, ...

Army strongmen who have seized power in coups across Africa's Sahel region since 2020 have ramped up pressure on foreign ...

A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle regional instability and consolidate its grip on disputed Western ...