ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Security forces and armed groups are committing war crimes against civilians in Africa's Sahel region, where extremists and rebels are increasingly fighting to exert dominance ...

The Africa Report explores four possible scenarios that could unfold in the Alliance of Sahel States over the next year.

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

U.S. relations with Niger, a key ally, face challenges after a military coup ousted the president, potentially paving the way for greater Russian influence in the Sahel. Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner ...

Africa’s Sahel region and its northern belt have remained among the most active centers of irregular migration and human ...

The world has returned to the climax of world Cold War – Ukraine and the Sahel region seem to be the operational theatre of the absurdity. Though it is a complex and sloppy terrain, only wise leaders ...

The Mali conflict has caught the EU asleep at the wheel. But with support from across the Union and credible, limited aims, a European intervention in Mali can be successful. It took almost three ...

American counter-terrorism analysts are rightly focused at the moment on Afghanistan: The Taliban, after all, now controls the country, the Haqqani network is providing security in Kabul, and the ...