The head of an alliance of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger says the launch of a joint battalion "must be followed by large-scale ...

Since withdrawing from ECOWAS, the post-coup countries have inaugurated a new bank, TV station and joint military force.

The newly formed alliance of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger has initiated a joint battalion to counter extremism in the Sahel ...

Mali and Burkina Faso have banned US citizens in response to the US travel ban on their citizens, citing reciprocity as the ...

Two African countries have announced travel bans against U.S. citizens in retaliation for President Donald Trump's travel ...

At an airforce base in Bamako, Mali's army ruler General Assimi Goita presided over a ceremony marking the creation of a ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger unveil joint 5,000-strong Sahel force to counter insurgency and deepen regional military cooperation.

Who Is JNIM? Jama rsquo;at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is an al-Qaeda-linked militant Islamist group that operates across parts of the Sahel region primarily Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger .

For many years before the arrival of American and other international forces, insecurity in the Sahel region was often ...

Mali imposed a separate reciprocal visa restriction on U.S. citizens in October, when the country announced a $5,000 to ...

Since July 2018, Burkina Faso has started to see an increase in violent incidents involving militant groups causing internal displacement in the North, Sahel, Central-North and East regions.

President Donald Trump ordered Christmas airstrikes against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria, targeting ISIS ...