Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have launched a joint military force to counter Islamist insurgencies in the Sahel, highlighting ...

A makeshift village in the Mauritanian desert shelters thousands of refugees who have fled Mali in recent weeks as fighting ...

What is life like for the women living in the central Sahel, in areas controlled by the jihadist JNIM group? British ...

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have officially launched a regional investment bank capitalised at 500 billion CFA francs ($895 ...

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Mali on Sunday to consolidate Western backing for a regional anti-jihadist force, with France urging greater support for the Sahel region amid mounting ...

Egypt’s foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, voiced Cairo’s support for Mali’s fight against armed groups in the Sahel, as ...

The 5000-strong force is the latest in a series of measures by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to achieve closer integration ...

Analysis - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has strong diplomatic relations with the Sahel, also based on the precious metal: ...

BRUSSELSBRUSSELS — The European Union on Wednesday warned countries of the north African Sahel against hiring Russian mercenaries, and underlined that it stands ready to impose sanctions on anyone ...

A single drone downed near Algeria’s southern border has exposed the depth of a crisis with potential to destabilize an already volatile region. On April 1, Algeria shot down a Malian drone it claimed ...

The UK government will support Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad and Niger with nearly £38 million ($44 million) in humanitarian funding to combat the impact of growing instability and violent ...

A month ago, the crisis in Mali was on few Americans' radar. But when France launched a military operation to combat a terrorist coalition that had taken over half the country, Mali became the crisis ...