The African Union’s appointment of Burundi’s president as its special envoy for the Sahel region strengthens the AU’s ...

Your appointment comes amidst increased instability and violence against civilians caught in conflict in Mali, Burkina Faso ...

"He will be able to speak on equal terms with the leaders of the Sahel States Alliance," highlights a diplomatic source.

Drone downing sparks diplomatic fallout between Algeria and Sahel countries. BABA AHMED, SAM METZ and WILSON McMAKIN. Sun, April 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM UTC. 3 min read.

The United States criticized countries of West Africa's Sahel region at the United Nations on Monday, saying their leaders were not doing enough to ensure stability amid soaring jihadist violence.

Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger -- the so-called "G5 Sahel" countries just south of the Sahara -- first raised the idea of a regional force in November 2015 in Chad's capital, ...

The governments of the Sahel countries — Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Chad — gathered in Dakar for a high-level forum marking the tenth anniversary of the Declaration on ...

The report noted that the Alliance of Sahel States and Russia also intend to strengthen cooperation in economics, nuclear energy, higher education, transport, trade, telecommunications NAIROBI ...

In turn, Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso Karamoko Jean-Marie Traore noted that the Sahel countries and Russia "will put their heads together about the new architecture" of security, how to ...