Togo has not ruled out joining a Sahel defence pact forged by the military-led governments of Burkina Faso, Mail and Niger, the country's foreign minister said Thursday.

Sahel juntas -- Mali’s Assimi Goita, Niger’s Abdourahamane Tiani and Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traore -- are tightening controls ...

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

The Defence Headquarters raised alarm over the increasing influx of foreign fighters from Sahel into terrorist groups within ...

Donald Trump's second term could be more damaging than his first, said the head of HRW. Read more at straitstimes.com.

How should the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) deal with the Sahel juntas, as they plan to break away from ...

The Islamic State in Sub-Saharan Africa (EIGS) has claimed responsibility for a deadly ambush that left 17 soldiers and six ...

A combination of population explosion, failure of governance and endemic poverty creates a perfect breeding ground for a ...

President Biden's assertion that he is "handing over" a stronger country to President-elect Donald Trump is false, as the ...

As you would expect, it makes for some grim reading. In much of the world, government repression has expanded and deepened, ...

Before you hop on that camel trek, take time to understand the nomadic cultures of the Sahel. These communities hold a deep ...