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Sahel summit: What is the biggest challenge facing the region?

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced the launch of a joint military battalion aimed at fighting armed groups across the Sahel, one of Africa’s poorest and most volatile regions. The initiative ...

The Sahel region is less secure than ever: foreign forces just add to the cycle of violence

After more than a decade, external security intervention has left the Sahel region more fragmented, militarised and violent.
TheCableOpinion

The map does not lie: How AES failed the sahel

It is the current security map of the Sahel, compiled from open-source intelligence platforms and conflict-monitoring ...
Forbes

Sahel Conflicts a Growing Threat to Africa’s Sustainability Path

Maradi, Niger. Army troops walk close to a water tower while on patrol near the Nigerian border in southern Niger. (Photo by Giles Clarke/Getty Images) However, the approach in such cases was punitive ...
Yahoo

Jihadis from Africa’s Sahel have crossed into Nigeria’s north, a new report says. A lot is at stake

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Jihadi fighters who had long operated in Africa’s volatile Sahel region have settled in northwestern Nigeria after crossing from neighboring Benin, a report said Wednesday, the ...
Al Jazeera

What role has Russia played in Mali’s security and the Sahel region?

Days after armed groups launched large-scale attacks on Malian Armed Forces’ bases, military ruler Assimi Goita on Tuesday said the situation was “under control”, with Russian security forces ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

The West African Sahel is becoming a drug smuggling corridor, UN warns, as seizures skyrocket

NIAMEY, NigerNIAMEY, Niger — Drug seizures soared in the West African Sahel region according to figures released Friday in a new U.N. report, indicating the conflict-ridden region is becoming an ...
Global Voices Online

Sahel forum in Gambia pushes to end prolonged instability with regional solutions

At the heart of the Sahel’s many crises, ranging from armed conflict and democratic erosion to climate-induced poverty, one thing stood out at the inaugural Sahel Governance Forum in Banjul: this is ...
The Heritage Foundation

Niger Coup Raises Questions About U.S. Sahel Strategy

Ned Rauch-Mannino was a Visiting Fellow for The Heritage Foundation’s Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for National Security. Security in Africa’s Sahel region is in the U.S. interest, and it is ...
Afro

Women and girls face growing peril in Africa’s Sahel

The world is becoming increasingly hostile towards women and girls. Sadly, by now, each one of us may know of someone who has been targeted with gender-based violence. What is equally disturbing is ...
Los Angeles Times

Jihadis from Africa’s Sahel have crossed into Nigeria’s north, a new report says

ABUJA, Nigeria — Jihadi fighters who had long operated in Africa’s volatile Sahel region have settled in northwestern Nigeria after crossing from neighboring Benin, according to a new report, the ...