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

In the Sahel, war is taking on a new dimension. Whether in Mali, Burkina Faso, or Niger terrorist groups are now demonstrating their ability to carry out attacks using modified civilian drones. This ...

A new report describes the Sahel region of Africa, a million mile band that runs through Mauritania to Sudan, as "the epicenter of global terrorism." We examine those findings. Over half of all ...

The Sahel region in Africa accounted for 51 percent of global terrorism-related deaths in 2024, up from 48 percent in 2023, according to the 2025 Global Terrorism Index (GTI), published by the ...

Today the Council appointed João Cravinho as EU Special Representative (EUSR) for the Sahel region. The new EUSR will actively contribute to regional and international efforts to achieve lasting peace ...

(Nairobi) – The African Union’s (AU) appointment of Burundi’s president as its special envoy for the Sahel region strengthens the AU’s capacity to address the most pressing human rights challenges ...

The Sahel, an African region stretching from the Atlantic Ocean on the West Coast to the Red Sea on the East Coast, is often reduced to an area of armed conflicts and security crises by the ...

Gen. Michael Langley, Commander of United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), warned last month in Kenya that terrorists might be eying Nigeria and the West Africa coastline. According to him, “Attacks ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is alarmed over escalating violence in the Sahel region which has seen hundreds of innocent civilians targeted in recent weeks, triggered more displacement and is ...

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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 ...