Sudan’s ongoing humanitarian crisis after more than a year of civil war shows few signs of abating. And amid the fighting, a significant and troubling development looks set to complicate the conflict ...

Rising violent extremism, asymmetric conflict, climate change, and now depressed Covid-19 driven economic outlooks have created a situation of perpetual crisis in the region. Fatigue, recession, and ...

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

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 ...

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

A new report from Catholic Relief Services has found that growing violence in the Sahel region of West Africa is impacted by economic inequality, creating one of the fastest growing humanitarian ...

Jihadi fighters who had been operating in Africa’s Sahel region have settled in northwestern Nigeria after crossing from neighboring Benin, following the trend of militants moving to wealthier West ...

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 ...

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

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

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