The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has launched a 5,000-member regional counterterrorism force to tackle the growing influence of jihadist groups, particularly Islamic State’s (IS) ...

With Ghana emerging from its worst economic crisis in a generation, President John Mahama has had be pragmatic in his first two months in office. The West African nation, which sends oil and gold to ...

The Economic Community of West African States Commission said it has initiated a contingency plan to mitigate unforeseen ...

A new report describes the Sahel region of Africa, a million mile band that runs through Mauritania to Sudan, as "the epicenter of global terrorism." We examine those findings.

The UN food agency, World Food Programme (WFP), says it urgently requires $620 million to ensure continued support to crisis ...

The UN food agency urgently requires $620 million to ensure continued support to crisis-affected people across the Sahel and ...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns that life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Central Sahel and Nigeria will halt in April 2025 without urgent funding. This warning comes as ...

The global reduction in foreign aid is severely impacting our ability to operate, particularly in Central Sahel and Nigeria,” ...

In 2024, the world witnessed a series of interconnected crises, from the ongoing impacts of climate change, leading to ...

Recent reports paint a grim picture of the toll that terrorism has exacted on Nigeria and its wider West African neighborhood. A detailed analysis by Dataphyte reveals that over a span of 16 years, ...

At the closing session of the 2025 First Extraordinary Meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament in Lagos, Nigerian lawmaker Senator ...

Terrorism in the Sahel has increased significantly, with deaths rising nearly tenfold since 2019, according to the Global ...