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

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 ...

This is the story of an independent record label that has been sending the music of the Sahel around the world since 2010. From Agadez, Niamey, Illighadad in Niger and Podor in Senegal, to Nouakchott ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Drug seizures soared in the West African Sahel region according to figures released Friday in a new U.N. report, indicating the conflict-ridden region is becoming an influential ...