Commission says it has initiated a contingency plan to mitigate unforeseen consequences of the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger.The Commissioner, Political Affairs, Peace and Security, ...

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

Witnesses reported that the victims' vehicle, a pickup truck, was intercepted by a joint patrol of Malian soldiers and Wagner ...

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, ...

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.

They also exchanged views on the latest developments in the Sahel region and the security challenges it faces. During the meeting, HE the Interim President of Mali praised the State of Qatar's ...

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 ...