Also, the planned interconnection of the West African Power Pool could allow junta-led governments in the Sahel to access cleaner, cheaper electricity from neighboring countries.

As jihadist violence spreads in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, Western influence wanes, and democracy fades into memory ...

Foreign powers all have their reasons to be involved in the scramble for the Sahel. France Most of the countries in the Sahel region were colonised by France.

Opinion - Security in the Sahel, one of the world's most dynamic regions, requires concerted effort by all concerned countries.

This creeping weakening of states is poisoning the Sahel, creating suspicions at all levels. It widens and deepens the gap between the largely affected countries - Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger ...

As military regimes challenge its authority and regional crises deepen, new ECOWAS chair Julius Maada Bio vows to restore ...

The U.S. is scrambling to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations in the Sahel region of Africa after the ruling junta in Niger announced it was ending military cooperation with ...

Russia on Thursday discussed ways to boost military ties with the Sahel countries, promising to train their troops and supply weapons as it seeks to expand its clout in the junta-led West African ...

The World Bank’s Pathways to Scale highlights how economic inclusion programs across the Sahel, especially those targeting ...

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.

All this means the region – in particular, the Central Sahel – could become a global flash point, with extremist groups embedded in communities, and external powers waging proxy conflicts and ...

These three countries were determined to make their voices heard and took the matter to the United Nations Security Council. In memorandum no. 24-003-AES, all three countries “ denounced and strongly ...