Ayeni OlusegunDOHAWith the growing influence of non-state actors (NSAs) in the fragile security landscape of Africa’s Sahel region, Moussa Faki Mahamat, former chairperson of the African Union ...

Thousands of people rallied in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in support of the military junta after an ...

Five Indian citizens were kidnapped in western Niger during an attack last week by armed men that also killed a dozen soldiers, according to two Nigerian security sources and a statement by Indian ...

A national political conference launched by Mali’s military regime has recommended naming junta leader Gen. Assimi Goita, who ...

In this opinion piece, Sami Tunji warns that the Sahel tariff risks destabilising Africa’s trade integration under the ...

Morocco's initiative to offer access for Sahel countries to the trade network and routes of the Atlantic Ocean has been endorsed by the landlocked countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger ...

He explained that ECOWAS had previously attempted to build a Sahel strategy but met strong opposition from countries like Algeria. “When the G5 Sahel was created, applications by other ECOWAS ...

To understand the future of Africa, “Sahel” is a term that we must become familiar with. It represents the geographic borderlands between the Sahara to the north and the savannas to the south. It was ...

How did it achieve such a feat and can Gabon be a role model for the Sahel nations? Gabon can become the poster child for how to un-coup after a coup, reminding Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso that ...

DAKAR, April 9, 2025 - The governments of the Sahel countries — Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Chad — gathered in Dakar for a high-level forum marking the tenth anniversary of the ...

The Alliance of Sahel States, which goes by its French acronym AES, blamed Algeria on social media for the drone's downing and condemned it as an “irresponsible act” that violated ...

A number of Algeria's southern neighbours have withdrawn their ambassadors from Algiers after the North African country was accused of shooting down a Malian drone over Malian territory.