Mali and Nigeria, two of the countries in the Sahel region of west Africa, are separated by approximately 1,000 kilometres, with the Niger Republic between them. They differ in population size and ...

Violence, displacement and hunger are deepening across Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger as the UN warns the Central Sahel crisis ...

This issue is preventing our website from loading properly. Please review the following troubleshooting tips or contact us at [email protected]. Analysis: How Foreign Intervention Failed Mali Create ...

Unfortunately, that is of limited use when it comes to the big crisis on west Africa’s doorstep: jihadism in the Sahel. Decades of counter-terrorism efforts by America and its allies failed to halt ...

A fight for influence between France, Russia, and the United States in the central Sahel has fomented disaster in the region, after an al Qaeda affiliate filled the vacuum opened by the competition.

On May 14, 2026, Mali’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abdoulaye Diop, held a significant informal consultation with the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC).

Mali's government is facing new questions about how long it can hold on to power two days after insurgents launched attacks ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin Russia will hold its latest Russia-Africa summit in October, according to officials involved in ...

BAMAKO, Mali — The head of an alliance of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger declared Tuesday that the launch of a joint battalion “must be followed by large-scale operations in the coming days" in a region ...

Recent coordinated attacks by jihadist and separatist groups in Mali, unprecedented in their scale and coordination, have ...

After weeks of lurking, the threat has finally become a reality: according to several sources and local media, the jihadists aligned with Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (IS-GS) have now ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Days after armed groups launched large-scale attacks on Malian Armed Forces’ bases, military ruler Assimi Goita on Tuesday said ...