The Nigerian government has skilfully managed to maintain good relations with Washington despite Trump’s threats and US air strikes on northern Nigeria.

Terrorism is claiming an average of about 44 lives every day in West Africa and the Sahel, with the growing scale and intensity of violent extremist attacks, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Minister for ...

Speaking at the opening, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, warned that the region has become the new epicentre of global terrorism, recording an average of eight terror attacks ...

Gunfire and loud blasts echoed near Niamey International Airport overnight, triggering fear as violence erupted close to ...

Oumar Cisse used to lead tours of Djenne, an ancient, fabled city in central Mali known for its towering mud-brick mosque, but he now ekes out a living driving an old motorcycle taxi in Bamako.Cisse ...

The country’s multiple security challenges are more complicated than the swirling flawed narratives of “Christian genocide.” ...

What could happen over the next year in the Sahel? Here are four hypothetical situations for how the future for the military and economic bloc formed by Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso in September 2023 ...

President Trump said that he delayed U.S. military strikes in Nigeria until Christmas Day to deliver a message to groups he alleges are targeting Christians. The Nigerian government praised the ...

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 ...

Two U.S. spy planes previously stationed in Ivory Coast Rising jihadist attacks in Mali threaten shared border Ivory Coast offers launching point for Sahel operations DAKAR/ABIDJAN, Dec 11 (Reuters) - ...

The opinions and characterizations in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the U.S. government. Olivier Walther receives funding from the OECD Sahel and West ...