Danger is not looming in the Sahel and the West African region. It is not news that it is intractable now. The real fear is that it may rise to a catastrophic dimension such that the world may ...

Top UN officials today warned that insecurity and armed attacks in the Sahel have reached unprecedented levels. They called for increased humanitarian aid to millions of people affected by the spread ...

The Sahel crisis is one of the world’s fastest-growing emergencies . This year, almost 29 million people need life-saving assistance and protection–that’s 5 million more people than last year. “This ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Nouhoun Sidibè was a herder, like his father and grandfather, and took pride in his identity as a pastoralist. That’s until the day armed men descended on his home in ...

In the major cities of Central Sahel countries, such as Niamey in Niger, Bamako in Mali, and Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, an alarming phenomenon of child begging has become an everyday reality. Often ...

The EU is closely monitoring developments in the Sahel as it reinforces Ghana’s security to help maintain stability in West Africa, according to EU Ambassador to Ghana Irchad Razaaly. The EU’s latest ...

Moroccan authorities on Wednesday foiled a high-risk terrorist plot targeting the country in a plot that was directly incited ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has today launched a US$186 million appeal to mainly provide lifesaving protection and assistance to refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees and host ...

BAMAKO – The top protection official of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commended Mali and its neighbours for keeping their borders open to people fleeing danger, and for upholding asylum principles in ...

Director of the Commonwealth of Officers for International Security Alexander Ivanov noted France's active support for the Tuareg separatist movement of Azawad, which the Malian government designates ...

Danger is not looming in the Sahel and the West African region. It is not news that it is intractable now. The real fear is that it may rise to ...