Burkina Faso's military leader Ibrahim Traoré attends John Dramani Mahama's swearing-in ceremony for his second term as Ghana's president, in Accra, Ghana, on January 7, 2025. Francis Kokoroko ...

and established the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). Addressing the situation, President Mahama highlighted that the primary reason behind the exit of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger from ECOWAS is a ...

The Alliance of Sahel Institute for Security Studies (ASISS), in collaboration with Norway, is set to adopt the Borno Model as a blueprint for addressing insecurity and reintegrating repentant ...

President John Dramani Mahama has started a three-day working visit to the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) with the first stop in the Malian capital, Bamako. Last Saturday’s visit centred on ...

In Mali, Russian fighters and mercenary groups occupy artisanal mines, rich in resources, as payment for fighting jihadist terrorist cells. Russian foreign influence is slowly encroaching on the Sahel ...

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that potentially life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Central Sahel and Nigeria will have to end next month, unless emergency funds can be ...

The recent formal exit of the Alliance of Sahel States or Alliance d’Etats Sahel, AES, from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, is a big blow to Africa’s best known regional ...

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).

Burkinabe dictator, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, is the dashing poster boy for military rule in the West African Sahel. Not too long ago, he was just another anonymous officer deployed in special ...

KUWAIT CITY, March 1: The Council of Ministers has instructed the Minister of State for Communications Affairs to complete the development of the unified government electronic services application ...