The UAE has announced a 30-million Euro contribution to the G5 Sahel Joint Force, to tackle the threat of terrorism, extremism and organized crime in the Sahel region. The announcement was made during ...

Analysis - Spanning three countries, the vast W-Arly-Pendjari Complex is being used to facilitate organised crime, terrorism ...

Spanning three countries, the vast W-Arly-Pendjari Complex is being used to facilitate organised crime, terrorism and local conflicts.

Nigeria's Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar says Nigeria is focused on strategic partnerships, not reliant on aid, to address its ...

In early January, the beleaguered president of France, Emmanuel Macron, told French ambassadors at a conference that none of ...

For well over a decade, jihadist violence has plagued the Sahel, a semi-arid belt stretching along the Sahara desert's southern rim from the Atlantic to the Red Sea. The violence, which started in ...

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 ...

Beijing’s backing of Niger’s military junta is not an isolated policy. In the Sahel – a semi-arid region south of the Sahara desert – China is also supporting the military juntas of ...

Ibrahima Diack and Magatte N'Diaye are given "adopted sons of the city" status in A Coruña. The Baye Fall don't fast or perform five daily prayers - they believe hard work is the way to heaven.