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

In this opinion, LegalEagle examines Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso’s alliance and why quiet acceptance threatens Africa’s ...

Since withdrawing from ECOWAS, the post-coup countries have inaugurated a new bank, TV station and joint military force.

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

Now under direct Kremlin control, the Africa Corps props up military juntas while shipping home gold to help finance the war ...

Sahel’s military alliance meets in Mali, challenging ECOWAS in a battle for legitimacy and reshaping West Africa’s future.

Increasingly erratic rainfall, prolonged droughts, episodes of intense precipitation linked to climate change reducing yields ...

Kidnapping for ransom has a long history in the west African Sahel. In 1979, a rebel group led by Chad's future president Hissène Habré kidnapped a French archaeologist and a German medical doctor in ...

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

President Trump said the targets of airstrikes in Nigeria were Islamic State terrorists responsible for killing Christians, ...

ABUJA – This week’s coup attempt in the small West African country of Benin underscores the increasing fragility of democracy on the continent. Multiple factors are driving this trend, but chief among ...