Smallholder farmers in West Africa's Sahel face a harsh and worsening climate. Rainfall is erratic, temperatures are rising, ...

Masri, published by the Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies, offers a panoramic reading of a world that has ...

The repeal of the law criminalizing migrant trafficking in Niger, the deepening civil war in Sudan, and Chad's limited control capacity have, instead of halting irregular migration in North Africa and ...

In early 2025, Chinese engineers working on Niger’s $4.6 billion oil pipeline to Benin were forced to flee their worksites under armed escort. For days, convoys burned on the desert highway linking ...

In the major cities of Central Sahel countries, such as Niamey in Niger, Bamako in Mali, and Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, an alarming phenomenon of child begging has become an everyday reality. Often ...

Over the past two months, JNIM has stepped up attacks on fuel supplies, ambushing tankers on the roads from Ivory Coast and Senegal. In one attack in mid-September, the militants attacked a convoy of ...

The Salafist jihadists JNIM have claimed an attack in northern Nigeria, on the border with Benin. It is the first time the al-Qaeda-linked group has struck the country. Jama'at Nusrat ul-Islam wa ...

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 ...

Algerian soldiers take part in a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the Algerian Revolution in Algiers, Nov. 1, 2024 (photo by Billel Bensalem for APP/NurPhoto via AP). A series of coups ...

The head coach of Russ/Chad's new team is taking a big chance on this bizarre alleged nobody. But he could be exactly the type of mentor he needs. Danny is the Catfish, meaning that he's the team ...