Ochieng said IS Sahel’s strategy appears increasingly focused on exploiting security gaps beyond their core Sahelian ...

Data compiled by IEP show that the Sahel remained the epicenter of terrorism in 2024, having held the undesirable title in 2023 as well. The region accounted for nearly half of al ...

The countries of the Sahel Confederation AES, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, continue in their project of mutual integration ...

Authorities blame the deadly attack in the town of Kokorou on the Islamic State in the Great Sahara, an ISIL affiliate.

On Feb. 20, Ivory Coast became the latest African nation to expel French troops, taking control of the last remaining French military base in the country ... presence in the Sahel region, after ...

The Sahel region of Africa is the "epicentre of global terrorism" and now, for the first time, accounts for "over half of all terrorism-related deaths", according to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI).

Morocco’s leadership is getting more international recognition for its leading roles connecting Europe and Africa. Italy’s ...

Burkinabe dictator, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, is the dashing poster boy for military rule in the West African Sahel. Not too long ... in the northern part of his country. Having pushed out Paul ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Togo Robert Dussey has again raised the possibility of the country joining the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). In a social ...

Deby and his government have presented the elections as the final stage in the transition to democracy after he seized power in 2021 after the death of his father, who had ruled the Sahel country ...

IS-Sahel has reportedly doubled the amount of territory it controls in Mali since the country's coups of 2020 and 2021 - largely in the east near its borders with Burkina Faso and Niger - while ...