What is life like for the women living in the central Sahel, in areas controlled by the jihadist JNIM group? British ...

By Jessica Donati and Ange Aboa DAKAR/ABIDJAN, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast wants the Trump administration to station U.S.

West Africa's cattle herders are being stripped of their animals by extremist-linked armed groups as the deadly conflict in ...

Egypt’s foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, voiced Cairo’s support for Mali’s fight against armed groups in the Sahel, as ...

Kidnapping for ransom has a long history in the west African Sahel. In 1979, a rebel group led by Chad’s future president ...

Ivory Coast seeks U.S. military presence to combat Al Qaeda-allied jihadists in the Sahel, proposing U.S. spy planes for ...

Guinea-Bissau takeover is the latest in the Sahel region, which has quietly become global epicentre of terrorism ...

Analysis - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has strong diplomatic relations with the Sahel, also based on the precious metal: gold. Concerned countries are: Sudan, Libya, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad ...

The European Union’s Special Representative to the Sahel is urging coastal West African States including Ghana to tackle what he described as very “significant security challenges” in the sub-region.

Ivory Coast seeks assistance from the Trump administration to deploy U.S. spy planes in its northern region for operations ...

President John Mahama has met with the European Union Special Representative for the Sahel, João Cravinho, at the Presidency ...

ABUJA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - ‌States ​in Africa's Sahel ‌region have accused Nigeria of violating ​their airspace, saying one of its military transport ‍planes landed in Burkina ​Faso on Monday without ...