Four Moroccan truck drivers who had been seized by Islamic State militants in an area near the Burkina Faso-Niger border in January have been released "safe and sound", Mali's government said Monday.

NGOs in the violence-wracked Sahel region are dangerously caught between military juntas who accuse them of being spies, and ...

IVORY COAST’S opposition African People’s Party-Cote d’Ivoire (PPA-CI) has condemned the “arbitrary arrests” of six party ...

Ulf Laessing, head of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s Sahel program and based in Bamako, told PassBlue: “The US seems to be ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) are taking steps to create a regional development bank: the Confederation Bank for ...

SPECIAL: Global Village kicks off a month-long feature celebrating kora legend Toumani Diabate with a program devoted to his ...

The Malian army said it has seized 20 inflatable vehicles it said were intended for use by armed groups operating in the ...

Militant Islamists groups have expanded their presence in Africa and more than doubled fatalities linked to violent ...

Russia has signed a nuclear energy cooperation agreement with Niger and fellow members of West Africa's Alliance of Sahel States, deepening Moscow's strategic footprint across the continent. The deal ...

The military-ruled nations of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger are planning to create a new investment bank to reduce their ...

Top commodities for July include gold and manganese; Santa Fe Minerals takes top spot for the biggest monthly stock gain; ...

Senegalese authorities on Saturday positioned new gendarmerie units near the country’s eastern border, to address growing ...