The meeting comes at a time of growing tensions between Morocco's regional rival Algeria and the Sahel states. Last month, Algeria says it shot down a Malian drone when it crossed into its air ...

They then created their own security partnership, known as the Alliance of Sahel States, severed military ties with longstanding Western partners such as U.S. and France, and turned to Russia for ...

In recent years, the Sahel region experienced deterioration in the security situation caused by the dwindling presence of the US and France. Capitalising in this shift, Russia has expanded its ...

The growing entanglement of Ukraine in West Africa’s volatile Sahel region came under sharp criticism during a high-level political forum held in Dakar on April 19. Convened by civil society ...

The Council of Ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held an Extraordinary Session in Accra on Wednesday to deliberate on the implications of the withdrawal of Burkina ...

Hundreds of civilians, including at least 12 humanitarian workers, have been killed in recent artillery shelling targeting the El Fasher and Zamzam camps in Sudan’s Darfur region, triggering an ...

Jnim is one of several jihadist groups operating in West Africa's Sahel region, especially Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, where the military governments are struggling to contain the insurgency.

Observers argue that what began as a local incident is fast evolving into a test of whether regional actors can manage their differences diplomatically, or if the Sahel will become the next theatre ...

The Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Council of Ministers, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has expressed confidence that the regional bloc will emerge stronger following ...

Moscow is now extending this strategy beyond the Sahel to the Atlantic coast. In Mauritania, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s 2023 visit was part of a broader Russian diplomatic push.

In tonight's edition: Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama urges Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to reconcile with ECOWAS and invites their leaders to attend next week's 50th anniversary ...

But the bloc now faces its most severe crisis yet: the departure of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger—three Sahel states ruled by military juntas—which announced their withdrawal in January 2025. This ...