The West African geopolitical landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ...

Russia has intensified its engagement in the Sahel by delivering humanitarian aid to Burkina Faso and preparing a significant ...

French uranium mining company Orano says it has sued the government of Niger after the disappearance of its director and the ...

In a significant step towards strengthening judicial ties, the justice ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger (forming the ...

Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, have expressed ...

The central Sahel remains the global epicentre of terrorism, accounting for 51 per cent of global deaths caused by terrorism ...

- The Atlantic route, through which Sahel migrants depart from West African coasts. They board boats of varying sizes bound for the Canary Islands, Spain. That route is very deadly, with deaths and ...

BY MAYOWA KAMARUDEEN IBRAHIM The Central Sahel region, encompassing Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, has long been ...

Jihadist groups in the Sahel region are arming themselves largely through looting their countries' own military stockpiles, ...

Before that, Niger was the West’s major economic and security partner in the Sahel, the vast region south of the Sahara Desert that has been a hot spot for violent extremism. Also Wednesday ...