Russia expands influence in West Africa. According to the Africa Center, an academic institution within the US Department of ...

In recent times, as the military knocked off one civilian regime after another across the Sahel, observers were ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and ...

Today, more than ever, we must turn our attention to pastoralism across the Sahel and West Africa. Stretching from Mauritania and Senegal on the Atlantic coast to the Nile Valley in Sudan, the Sahel ...

In September, the label released the new album by Tuareg rock band Etran de l’Aïr, 100% Sahara Guitar – their first recorded in a studio, on the west coast ... Thiam’s Africa Yontii is a delicate ...

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was in West Africa on Monday as instability in the Sahel threatens to spread to other regions. "Security here in the region, the future prospects of this ...

Newsrooms in countries across Africa's Sahel region are being ransacked and looted, and many media outlets — especially foreign ones — are now banned. Faced with these serious security ...

Islamist militants fighting in Burkina Faso are on a campaign to expand their footprint in West Africa. And seven sources ... Experts say the Sahel region is now the epicentre of global terrorism ...

Abuses by various jihadist groups, local militias and the Wagner Group are on the rise in the Sahel. The worsening security situation has forced the NGO Doctors Without Borders to suspend its ...

Just when Ecowas' civilian-led member states most need to maintain a united front in defence of constitutional rule in the face of the military regimes that have swept across West Africa since ...

The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) is looking for an inspiring and experienced Regional Office Director to lead our operations in Dakar and guide our human security work across West Africa and ...

In 2021, Michael Shurkin and Aneliese Bernard wrote “Ten Things the United States Should Do to Combat Terrorism in the Sahel,” where they argued ... In the wake of a changing geopolitical landscape in ...

In Ghana, Sahel Jihadis Find Refuge and Supplies ... a move that could help them expand their footprint in West Africa. The sources, who include Ghanaian security officials and regional diplomats ...