For well over a decade, jihadist violence has plagued the Sahel, a semi-arid belt stretching along the Sahara desert's southern rim from the Atlantic to the Red Sea. The ISSP follows the hard line of the Islamic State group,

Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has expressed concern over the security implications of the Alliance of Sahel States’ withdrawal from ECOWAS, warning that the move has disrupted existing regional security frameworks.

Russia's goal, according to Constantin Gouvy of the Clingendael Institute, is to replace Western powers such as France as the primary partner for the Sahel states using disinformation to destabilize the region.

China's first ever defence attache to Niger, Colonel-Major Chen Xuming, was welcomed earlier this month at a reception held at the Chinese embassy in the capital Niamey. In front of Chinese ambassador Jiang Feng,

The European Union has donated €50m worth of non-lethal military equipment to Ghana to bolster its security forces as extremist threats from the Sahel region escalate.

LONDON – Africa’s Sahel region is enduring a period of rapid change – and deepening instability. Military juntas in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger – now known as the Central Sahel – have rejected traditional partnerships with the West in favor of new patrons: China and Russia.

The Sahel Alliance (AES) launches a flag, passport, and military force, signaling a major push for regional autonomy.

Moroccan authorities have arrested a dozen people they said were planning attacks on behalf of the Islamic State in the Sahel

Moroccan authorities have dismantled a terrorist cell planning attacks for the Islamic State in the Sahel. This highlights rising extremist ambitions in the region. The suspects, arrested across various cities,

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NIAMEY, Niger — As Islamist extremist groups have wrested large swaths of territory from government control in the Sahel, young men have streamed into their ranks, often compelled more by ...

SALE, Morocco — Moroccan authorities this month arrested a dozen people they said were planning attacks on behalf of the Islamic State in the Sahel, a region south of the Sahara Desert ...