Three years ago West African nations launched a joint force touted as a giant's stride in the fight against Islamist militants sweeping across the Sahel.

France’s assistance in forming the G5 Sahel is hardly surprising given that the organisation effectively serves its interests and that of its Western partners.

WASHINGTON — The G5 Sahel force, a joint force of five Sahel region countries tasked with fighting militants including Boko Haram and al-Qaida among others, is struggling with funding and lacks ...

The two remaining members of West Africa's G5 alliance on Wednesday said they were paving the way to dissolving the anti-jihadist grouping, after the other three founding countries left.

G5 Sahel: Much done, more to do Significant progress on funding and co-ordination, but problematic partnerships with local militias and abuses by security services still hamper prospects for EU’s ...

Chad, Mauritania pave way for dissolution of G5 Sahel alliance The G5 was created in 2014 but has secured only meagre results, even as insecurity remains a major issue across the Sahel.

Africa’s Sahel region has become a hot spot for violent extremism, but the joint force set up in 2014 to combat groups linked to the Islamic State, al-Qaida and others has failed to stop their ...

Insecurity in the Sahel: Europe’s next fight against jihadism The G5 Sahel has an excessive focus on security issues, as this has come at the expense of the political and governance issues it must ...

Burkina Faso and Niger have followed Mali in announcing they are to withdraw from an international force known as the G5 that was set up to fight Islamists in the Sahel region.

This newly minted alliance, deeply critical of France’s lingering influence in the region, also highlights the dissolution of the G5 Sahel in 2023, a security framework that once held promise.

The G5 Sahel Countries May Be Facing Their Biggest Threat in Climate Change Average temperatures in the Sahel region of Africa could rise by as much as 3 degrees by 2050 and an additional 13.5 million ...

France, G5 Sahel leaders pledge to boost military cooperation at Pau summit France is to deploy an additional 220 troops to the Sahel to try to quell a spike in terrorist violence that has dented ...