A recent ambush by criminals near Niger's border with Burkina Faso resulted in the death of at least 10 soldiers. The ...

At least 10 soldiers were killed by armed assailants in an ambush in western Nigeria, near Burkina Faso's border. The attack ...

"The rise of junta rule in the Sahel represents a complex interplay between decolonization and destabilization." ...

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso ...

Within ECOWAS, there’s an institution known as the Community Court of Justice. Since 2005, this Court has had jurisdiction to ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 29, having ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso were to officially quit the West African bloc Ecowas Wednesday, severing ties after years of ...

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...

The Sahel is one of the most challenged regions in the world ... severely impacting an already devastating humanitarian crisis. Historically, Nigeria has done the opposite of what it is being accused ...

With conflicts, or rather real wars, for over a decade, without winners or losers but many victims, the Sahel states are more fragile than ever. Worse, citizens, especially the youngest ...

The two organizations helped journalists in Africa's Sahel region learn mobile journalism and safety while reporting on ...

The Sahel, a semiarid region in Africa south of the Sahara Desert, has long been a focal point and an environmental issue .