The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

Niger’s junta has detained former Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum and his wife at the presidential palace in the capital, ...

China stands a good chance of taking advantage of the dwindling western presence in the Sahel region of west Africa.

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.

A recent ambush by criminals near Niger's border with Burkina Faso resulted in the death of at least 10 soldiers. The ...

At least two Chinese nationals working for the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have been abducted by suspected ISIS SAHEL militants in Niger. The attack, which took place on Sunday in ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Armed assailants in western Niger killed at least 10 soldiers ... the Alliance of Sahel States. But the security situation in the Sahel, a vast region on the fringes of the ...

Sentiments against what is perceived as foreign interference have been rife in the Sahel region in recent yearsImage: DW Niger under 'no obligation to explain motivation' The ICRC, which has been ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 29, having ...

NIAMEY - A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled central Sahel region, Niger's defence chief said on state ...