State radio said Wednesday that the bandits gathered people from a village in Dioundiou on the night of February 22-23 and ...

The Nation Newspaper Sahel States’ withdrawal from ECOWAS placed increased burden on Nigerian military, says CAS ...

Jaynisha Patel calls for renewed regional cooperation, backed by partnerships with outside actors, to stabilize the region.

Morocco’s strategic position at the crossroads of Africa, Europe, and the Arab world makes it a key pillar of regional ...

For well over a decade, jihadist violence has plagued the Sahel, a semi-arid belt stretching along the Sahara desert's ...

By Steven KefasThe Sahel, a semi-arid belt stretching across West Africa, has long been a crucible of geopolitical competition. For decades, the region’s security architecture was shaped by Wes ...

Moroccan authorities have arrested a dozen people they said were planning attacks on behalf of the Islamic State in the Sahel ...

As the very real threat of desertification looms over much of North Africa as a result of extreme climate change and drought, ...

China's first ever defence attache to Niger, Colonel-Major Chen Xuming, was welcomed earlier this month at a reception held ...

Morocco's counterterrorism agency said on Monday it had foiled attacks planned by the so-called Islamic State group (IS) in the Sahel region, south of the Sahara Desert. The discovery of the 12-member ...

Ruling parties were defeated at the ballot box in four African countries last year, and in a fifth, the incumbent party only ...