Over the last decade, West Africa has been shaken by extremist uprisings and military coups. Groups linked to al-Qaida and ...

Militias allied with Burkina Faso's military junta have been linked to a "gruesome" massacre western Burkina Faso that left ...

Mercenaries with Russia’s Wagner Group, fighting alongside Malian soldiers, have assaulted women, massacred civilians and ...

Fighting alongside Malian soldiers, Wagner mercenaries have massacred civilians and burned their villages in northern Mali, ...

President John Mahama with Col Assimi Goïta President John Dramani Mahama and Malian leader, General Assimi Goïta have pledged to strengthen the trade ties between the two West African neighbours.The ...

A new report describes the Sahel region of Africa, a million mile band that runs through Mauritania to Sudan, as "the epicenter of global terrorism." We examine those findings.

Tens of thousands of people from Mali and elsewhere in the region flock each February to the town of Segou, 230 km (143 miles) northeast of the capital Bamako, for a week-long showcase of Malian ...

Mali, and Burkina Faso on counterterrorism efforts. This, he deduced, calls for a more agile and adaptive approach from the NAF to fill emerging security gaps and maintain stability in the region.

The government asserted that such aid has been misused to fund terrorist networks operating in the region, further undermining the sovereignty and security of Sahel states. "Mali recognises itself ...

The Chinese Embassy in Mali has reportedly refused to recognize ... Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert focused on the Lake Chad region, disclosed this on Wednesday in a post on his ...