The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has raised concerns over the increasing influence of Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist groups in ...

Mali is undergoing a broader digital transformation drive with the government working to digitize all public services within ...

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.

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 ...