Latest crisis in Mali offers Algiers a chance to regain diplomatic influence on a key security issue, but distrust prevails ...

Experts warn rising terror in Sahel is fueled by alliances between jihadist groups and armed factions, worsening regional ...

The Sahel region could see a major surge of instability unless urgent action is taken to seek a diplomatic solution.

Violence, displacement and hunger are deepening across Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger as the UN warns the Central Sahel crisis ...

The Sahel region of Africa has become one of the world’s most dangerous and unstable security zones. Stretching across states ...

Army supported by Russian mercenaries launches airstrikes after offensive by coalition of Islamist extremists and Tuareg separatists ...

OUAGADOUGOU, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The People's Legislative Assembly of Burkina Faso on Tuesday adopted four bills authorizing the ratification of additional protocols to the founding treaty of the ...

Benin's President, Romuald Wadagni, on a giant screen as he takes the oath of office during his inauguration at the Palais des Congres in Cotonou, Benin, Sunday, May 24, 2026.

Formerly known as Africa Day or African Freedom Day, the African Liberation Day was set aside to honour the brave and courageous heroes and heroines of the African continent, who made the ultimate ...

Located in the same Sahel region and threatened by similar jihadist insurgents, Nigeria has some lessons to learn from Mali.

When soldiers seized power in Bamako in 2020, Ouagadougou in 2022, and Niamey in 2023, they offered a familiar promise: ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced billions of dollars of investment for Africa at a summit in Kenya, but the ...