With France fast losing its influence in west Africa's Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China fill the vacuum?The Sahel region covers 10 countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, ...

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

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

The country's border security, particularly in the North, remains weak, allowing individuals from neighboring countries such ...

The recent withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has raised ...

The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, has reaffirmed the country's commitment to the Great Green Wall initiative, a flagship programme of the African Union. The initiative, according to t ...

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 a hotspot for terrorism and extremism. Having these countries outside the regional security architecture is dangerous. “Nigeria should do all that it can to persuade them back to ...

The implementation of the NAGGW initiative has never been as intense and deliberate as it is under the administration of its ...

[1] International Energy Agency (2022). Clean Energy Transitions in the Sahel. International Energy Agency. Paris. [2] Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria [2] A historically marginalised area at the ...