When scientists pulled genetic material from a pair of naturally preserved bodies in the central Sahara, they expected to ...

Explore the critical food security challenges in West Africa. Learn how climate change, conflict, and poverty impact the Sahel and discover localized solutions.

A relentless giant is stirring in North Africa. The Sahara Desert, already the size of the continental United States, grows ...

Abstract: The Central Sahel region is beset by ongoing armed conflicts and confronts a critical humanitarian crisis. Nighttime light data can serve as a valuable, objective source for monitoring ...

Military rulers in west Africa's Sahel region may well have celebrated had a recent coup attempt in Benin resulted in another anti-Western junta in their neighbourhood, analysts said. Not least ...

Investment bank BCID-AES established in Bamako Bank aims to fund infrastructure, agriculture, and energy projects in member states Key decisions pending on capital size and potential international ...

The opinions and characterizations in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the U.S. government. Olivier Walther receives funding from the OECD Sahel and West ...

Image — Trucks wait to cross the border between Côte d'Ivoire and Mali in the village of Nigoun, near Tengrela on 31 October 2025, amid a blockade imposed by JNIM in the country. Photo by ISSOUF ...

The emergency landing of a Nigerian military plane in western Burkina Faso has reignited tensions between Abuja and the Alliance of Sahel States, or AES. In a statement read by Burkina’s Minister of ...