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

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have become a new epicenter for global terrorism – and China’s Belt and Road projects have become prime targets. In early 2025, Chinese engineers working on Niger’s $4.6 ...

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 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 ...

At the heart of the Sahel’s many crises, ranging from armed conflict and democratic erosion to climate-induced poverty, one thing stood out at the inaugural Sahel Governance Forum in Banjul: this is ...

ABSTRACT: In this essay, I analyze three impacts caused by Islam from the 8th century to the present day. The history of this great African region narrates chapters that are darker than the skin of ...

Efforts to tackle the persistent challenges facing the Sahel region are set to gain new momentum with the launch of the Sahel Governance Forum. Against a backdrop of political instability, insecurity ...