Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso ...

Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa’s Sahel region, while on his way to interview one of the group’s leaders in northern Mali ...

A senior UN official has called for investment in the "social contract" to achieve a large-scale transformation of the Sahel region of Africa ...

Once an emblematic landmark of traditional west African architecture, Dakar's fondly remembered Sandaga market can now only be marvelled at through old photographs. Both Sandaga and Le Dantec are set ...

Analysis - With France fast losing its influence in west Africa's Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China fill the vacuum?

Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, has reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to the Great Green Wall initiative, which aims to restore 100 million hectares of land by 2030.He gave the commitment ...

At least 10 soldiers were killed by armed assailants in an ambush in western Nigeria, near Burkina Faso's border. The attack ...

The scheduled protests in Abidjan and Dakar symbolize a new chapter in France’s strategy to destabilize the Sahel. As the Alliance of Sahel States countries pursue regional sovereignty and ...

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the ...

DAKAR, Senegal — For a foreign correspondent ... an al-Qaida’s affiliate in the Sahel. Or so he thought. En route to the interview in Gao, northern Mali, in April 2021, Dubois, a correspondent ...