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

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 region. The alliance, led by Capt. Ibrahim Traoré, aims to enhance security ...

Sahel countries launch a joint battalion to fight armed groups as they boost ties with Russia amid rising insecurity.

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

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

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 .

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 ...

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

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

Born and raised in Dori, in the far northeast of Burkina Faso, Maimouna Ba was the youngest of 12 children living in the country’s vast, remote and arid Sahel region, a six-hour drive from the capital ...