Over half of all terrorism-related deaths in the world occur in the Sahel. That's according to a new report from the Institute for Economics and Peace. The vast region in Africa that lies just south ...

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

The Sahel refers to Burkina Faso, northern Cameroon (Far North region), Chad, Mali, Niger, and north-east Nigeria (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States). Food insecurity and nutrition figures also include ...

The world is becoming increasingly hostile towards women and girls. Sadly, by now, each one of us may know of someone who has been targeted with gender-based violence. What is equally disturbing is ...

Efforts to tackle the persistent challenges facing the Sahel region are set to gain new momentum with the launch of the Sahel Governance Forum. Against a backdrop of political instability, insecurity ...

A project in the Sahel and East Africa claims to fight both soil erosion and poverty through regenerative agroforestry. U.S.-based NGO Trees for the Future (TREES) trains farmers in what it calls the ...

The sea looks the same. So does the sand. But in Egypt, two beach communities not far from each other have decidedly different ideas about fun. People enjoying the beach in Sahel el-Tayeb, a village ...