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 United States donated more than $8 million in military equipment to Niger in a ceremony Aug. 5. The equipment will aid the West African nation and its G5 Sahel Joint Force partners in the fight ...

Authorities say nine soldiers serving with the regional G5 Sahel force have been killed in an attack in central Mali.

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 ...

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 counterterrorism force explained Analysts say creation of five-nation counterterrorism force in the Sahel region is likely to cause more harm than good.

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.

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 ...