The terrorist group has emerged as most active in the Sahel, with a footprint across eight countries. It has been conducting ...

Egypt's Ambassador to Tunisia Bassem Hassan has discussed in a meeting with Tunisian Defense Minister Khaled Sehili ways of fostering bilateral cooperation in the defense field in a way that serves ...

In a moment that shook the Sahel, Houbbel, a high-ranking militant commander operating under the Islamic State in the Greater ...

Morocco’s $1.3bn Atlantic Initiative aims to link Sahel nations to the ocean via Western Sahara, despite coups, rivalries, ...

Arts & Culture | January 2020. Forgotten Desert. A photographer ventures into remote northern Africa for an unprecedented view of one of the world’s most troubled, and least understood, regions ...

Mali’s law & order has deteriorated since fall of Muammar Gaddafi regime in Libya in 2011, with proliferation of Libyan ...

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been chosen to be the next chairman of the West African economic bloc, ECOWAS ...

Officals in Niger say armed men have killed 34 soldiers in western Niger near the tri-state border with Mali and Burkina Faso ...

A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle regional instability and consolidate its grip on disputed Western ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Extremist attacks in Sahel, an arid swath of land south of the Sahara in Africa, have proliferated in recent months: Last week, Islamic militants attacked Bamako, the capital of ...