Home to 135 million people, the Sahel stretches across 13 countries from West Africa to Central and North Africa, and spans over 7 million square kilometres. One of the biggest challenges the region ...

Leaders of Alliance of Sahel States highlight security, economic potential, resistance to external pressures, charting path ...

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

What would you do if you knew when and where a disaster would strike? Having that information would only be beneficial if you were able to influence people to listen and act. This is the position many ...

When the Sahel region appears in global media, we always hear the same refrain: extremism, terrorism, conflict and poverty. Yet this vast, dynamic, and diverse region of Africa is so much more. From ...

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

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

Members of the Guinea Armed Forces practice advanced weapons techniques during the Flintlock Exercise in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Feb. 15, 2020. (Staff Sgt. Sidney Sale/Army) U.S. and international ...

Central Asia, the Sahel region and northern Europe experienced their hottest year on record in 2025, according to AFP ...

Sahel-based Salafi-jihadi groups including al Qaeda and the Islamic State coordinate and cooperate across organizational divides united by common objectives, shared ...

After Ouagadougou, wherever next? For the second time in two months, foreigners and locals have been slaughtered in a West African city hotel by a clutch of jihadi gunmen. On November 20, 2015, the ...

Martin Welz acknowledges the kind support of the German Foundation for Peace Research. At first glance, the creation in 2014 of the G5 Sahel, an international organisation set up to deal with conflict ...