A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled ...

The Sahel, a semiarid region in Africa south of the Sahara Desert, has long been a focal point and an environmental issue .

Three junta-ruled countries in Africa's Sahel region will join forces to create a 5,000-strong unit to fight the jihadist violence that has for years plagued the nations, officials said on Tuesday.

Junta-led allies Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Thursday announced that their own common passport will come into effect from January 29, the date of their departure from regional bloc ECOWAS.

By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila ACCRA (Reuters) -Ghana President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday appointed a former national ...

From the Sahel ECOWAS impasse to the expected disruption coming with US President Donald Trump’s second term, economist ...

Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali have formed a joint 5,000-strong military force to combat extremist violence in the Sahel region. After expelling French forces, the countries now rely on Russia's ...

Paul Nantulya, a China analyst at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, noted that China has recently become ...

A significant military hardwares, including armoured vehicles, artillery, and engineering vehicles, have been spotted in the ...

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger.

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region to face rising extr ...

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has appointed a former national security chief as envoy to the alliance formed by Niger ...