The handover, which occurred on over the weekend, follows the establishment of a joint commission between France and Senegal ...

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 United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns that life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Central Sahel and Nigeria will halt in April 2025 without urgent funding. This warning comes as ...

The Great Green Wall in the Sahel, a mosaic of forests, farmlands and grasslands dotting the arid fringes of Sahara, was ...

France officially transferred control of two military sites in the Senegalese capital of Dakar to Senegalese authorities on ...

DAKAR, Senegal — France handed control of two military facilities to Senegal on Friday, beginning the formal process of ...

For well over a decade, jihadist violence has plagued the Sahel, a semi-arid belt stretching ... director of the Timbuktu Institute in Dakar. Also read: Islamic Centre of India starts ‘Ramadan ...

The jihadist groups are extending their reach, threatening coastal West African states while battling local armies.

China's first ever defence attache to Niger, Colonel-Major Chen Xuming, was welcomed earlier this month at a reception held ...

African leaders announcing the closure of Frensh military bases send a clear sign that Africa is rejecting France’s policies ...

A political mission sent to Guinea-Bissau by West Africa’s regional bloc to resolve an electoral dispute has left the country ...

Dakar-Bamako Railway, and Trans-Sahel Road as well as secure alternative financing for critical energy projects, such as the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline and West African Power Pool (WAPP ...