The United States donated more than $8 million in military equipment to Niger in a ceremony Aug. 5. The equipment will aid the West African nation and its G5 Sahel Joint Force partners in the fight ...

The European Union announced an extra 50 million euros ($61 million) for the G5 Sahel force at talks with heads of state from Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, adding to around 280 ...

In a cloud of ochre dust, a column of army pickup trucks slowly advances on a dirt road near Malis border with Burkina Faso -- one of the worlds hotspots for jihadism. The national flag of Mali flaps ...

Escalating force and rival security blocs are turning counterterrorism into a recipe for conflict.

The Malian headquarters of an international anti-terror task force, the G5 Sahel, were attacked on Friday in a car bomb blast, killing six people and leaving many ...

Burkina Faso troops have sustained heavy losses from jihadist attacks in recent years - Copyright AFP SAMBA BALDE Burkina Faso troops have sustained heavy losses from ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A car packed with explosives detonated at the headquarters of a new, five-nation West African counterterror force in Mali, setting off a gun ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Even as Islamic State group fighters flee the Middle East and cause fear across Africa's Sahel region it is al-Qaida that poses the more serious long-term threat, the U.S.