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 ...

Although the model of the plane has not been officially confirmed, photos from the crash site indicate that it is a Viking DHC-6 Twin Otter with propeller engines. Pripadnici Sektora za vanredne ...

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.

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.

Al Qaeda-linked militants JNIM have killed 70 soldiers in Benin’s deadliest jihadist attack amid expanding Sahel insurgency. An al Qaeda-linked jihadist group, Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin ...

The Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), an al-Qaeda affiliate in the Sahel said it killed 70 soldiers in an attack on two military posts in northern Benin. The Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal ...

China is stepping into a weapons supply breach in parts of Africa’s Sahel as authorities in the region cut ties with former colonial power France and Russia struggles to replace its depleted stocks.

It’s a rupture that couldn’t come at a worse time. The broader Sahel is at a tipping point. The withdrawal of French forces, the formation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) between Mali ...

Ghana's president John Mahama has extended an invitation to the military leaders of Burkina Faso Mali and Niger to attend next week's 50th anniversary celebrations of ECOAS in Accra. The three ...