The head of an alliance of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger says the launch of a joint battalion “must be followed by large-scale ...

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

The 5000-strong force is the latest in a series of measures by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to achieve closer integration ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger unveil joint 5,000-strong Sahel force to counter insurgency and deepen regional military cooperation.

Since July 2018, Burkina Faso has started to see an increase in violent incidents involving militant groups causing internal displacement in the North, Sahel, Central-North and East regions.

For many years before the arrival of American and other international forces, insecurity in the Sahel region was often ...

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, three West African Sahel nations ruled by military juntas, signed a security pact on Saturday promising to come to the aid of each other in case of any ...

Who Is JNIM? Jama rsquo;at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is an al-Qaeda-linked militant Islamist group that operates across parts of the Sahel region primarily Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger .

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

Sahel States Say Nigerian Plane Violated Airspace Over Burkina Faso By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - ‌States in Africa's Sahel region ‌accused Nigeria of violating their airspace, saying one ...

At least 25 people were killed on Saturday in a terrorist attack in northern Burkina Faso's Sahel Region, said a regional government official Monday evening. In a statement, Lieutenant Colonel ...

Born and raised in Dori, in the far northeast of Burkina Faso, Maimouna Ba was the youngest of 12 children living in the country’s vast, remote and arid Sahel region, a six-hour drive from the capital ...