Data compiled by IEP show that the Sahel remained the epicenter of terrorism in 2024, having held the undesirable title in 2023 as well. The region accounted for nearly half of al

Terrorism in the Sahel has increased significantly, with deaths rising nearly tenfold since 2019, according to the Global Terrorism Index 2025, confirming the region’s reputation as the global epicentre of terrorism.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has argued that the international system, once considered a bedrock for global cooperation, is increasingly failing to meet the needs of many countries,

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 organisation.

The Sahel region was the epicentre of global "terrorism" for the second straight year in 2024, accounting for more than half of deaths put down to terror attacks worldwide, according to the Global Terrorism Index published Wednesday.

At a joint press conference in Abidjan on Wednesday, Côte d'Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara and Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama urged the military-led governments of the three Sahelian nations to restore ties with the bloc after their withdrawal on January 29, 2025.

Beneath the ideological bluster, Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is just the latest in a long line of African martial impostors.

China's first ever defence attache to Niger, Colonel-Major Chen Xuming, was welcomed earlier this month at a reception held at the Chinese embassy in the capital Niamey. In front of Chinese ambassador Jiang Feng,

Russia's goal, according to Constantin Gouvy of the Clingendael Institute, is to replace Western powers such as France as the primary partner for the Sahel states using disinformation to destabilize the region.

The AES unveils a new flag as the member nations forge a new path toward regional unity, economic independence, and territorial security.

Moroccan authorities have arrested a dozen people they said were planning attacks on behalf of the Islamic State in the Sahel