Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso no longer orient themselves towards France or Western business interests. As demand for raw ...

Militaries that have taken power in Africa's Sahel region—notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger—have put pressure on western mining firms for a fairer distribution of revenue from the lucrative mining ...

The Spanish Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande Marlaska, has urged Europe to strengthen cooperation on immigration ...

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

EU is interested in working with Türkiye and countries of the region in order to forge broad international coalition that can ...

Morocco’s strategic role in promoting stability in the Sahel is central to tackling transnational threats, with initiatives ...

Having redeployed some soldiers previously stationed in Syria to Libya, the Russian army and its military-political entity ...

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

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

An Islamist insurgency in the Sahel region, and fighting on Ghana’s northern border with Burkina Faso, may both spread to ...

Within ECOWAS, there’s an institution known as the Community Court of Justice. Since 2005, this Court has had jurisdiction to ...

To combat the brewing drought and desertification, the African Union developed the Great Green Wall Initiative in 2007. The ...