For well over a decade, jihadist violence has plagued the Sahel, a semi-arid belt stretching along the Sahara desert's ...

China's first ever defence attache to Niger, Colonel-Major Chen Xuming, was welcomed earlier this month at a reception held ...

Russia's goal, according to Constantin Gouvy of the Clingendael Institute, is to replace Western powers such as France as the ...

Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has expressed concern over the security implications of the Alliance of Sahel States’ withdrawal ...

The European Union has donated €50m worth of non-lethal military equipment to Ghana to bolster its security forces as ...

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 ...

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

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

The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) held a press conference today at its Sale headquarters providing details ...

Moroccan authorities have dismantled a terrorist cell planning attacks for the Islamic State in the Sahel. This highlights ...

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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 ...