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

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Terrorism and organized crime by violent extremist groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State are a “pervasive threat” in Africa’s volatile Sahel region and are spilling ...

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

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 ...

One clear finding emerged: technologies work better together. Farmers who used improved seeds, agrochemicals and sustainable land management jointly earned about 181,100 CFA francs (US$307) in crop ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Maradi, Niger. Army troops walk close to a water tower while on patrol near the Nigerian border in southern Niger. (Photo by Giles Clarke/Getty Images) However, the approach in such cases was punitive ...

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