The Sahel, a semi-arid region stretching across Africa south of the Sahara, has long been a focal point of geopolitical competition due to its vast natural resources, st ...

One of the greatest security threats for Europe is migration from the south, the Hungarian government said about Chad's role ...

“We can’t stop migration,” said Amsatou Vepouyoum ... out how the money is actually spent,” said Ulf Laessing, the Sahel program director at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, a German ...

“We can’t stop migration,” said Amsatou Vepouyoum ... but it’s very difficult to figure out how the money is actually spent,” said Ulf Laessing, the Sahel program director at the Konrad Adenauer ...

For well over a decade, jihadist violence has plagued the Sahel, a semi-arid belt stretching along the Sahara desert's southern rim from the Atlantic to the Red Sea. The violence, which started in ...

Beijing’s backing of Niger’s military junta is not an isolated policy. In the Sahel – a semi-arid region south of the Sahara desert – China is also supporting the military juntas of ...

The programme targets vulnerable groups including women and girls, fishers and migrants, refugee and IDP communities.

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"But that wasn't possible." The reverse migration follows U.S. President Donald Trump's crackdown on unlawful migration, including a broad ban on asylum in addition to the elimination of his ...

Countries in West Africa and the Sahel are facing a mixed outlook of expanding prosperity and innovation on one hand, and escalating hardship and insecurity on the other. Senegal and Côte D’Ivoire for ...

As The Washington Post’s West Africa bureau chief based in Senegal, I’ve reported from nine countries across the Sahel over the past 2½ years. I’ve covered three coups, the arrival of ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — As Islamist extremist groups have advanced in the past few years, often overpowering government forces in the Sahel, tens of thousands of civilians have taken up arms ...