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          Sahel

          A woman who saw her two sons killed by gunmen during an attack in Burkina Faso and was forced out of her country by extremist attacks. AFP

          EU urged to get closer to the Sahel to counter extremism

          EuropeOctober 21, 2024
          Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen addresses a press conference on Denmark's new strategy for Africa on Monday. AFP

          Denmark closes embassies in Mali and Burkina Faso

          EuropeAugust 26, 2024
          Ghanaian special forces soldiers take part in US-led counter-terrorism training in Jacqueville, Ivory Coast. AP

          UN official warns of growing terror threat in West Africa

          USAugust 08, 2024
          A voter casts his ballot in Bouchaoui, on the outskirts of Algiers, during the 2021 parliamentary election. AFP

          Algeria's presidential elections dominated by domestic issues

          MENAApril 02, 2024
          A convoy of French troops based in Niger prepare to leave the country on October 22. The objective of withdrawing 1,400 soldiers from Niger by December 31 was announced at the end of September by French President Emmanuel Macron. Reuters

          The world must step up to help a troubled Sahel

          CommentOctober 31, 2023
          Members of Niger's military-run government, from left, Assahaba Ebankawel, Col Sidi Mohamed and Col Ibroh Amadou Bacharou. EPA

          Niger junta has accepted mediation offer, says Algeria

          AfricaOctober 02, 2023
          The coalition was created in the summer of 2014 as the terrorist group made broad territorial gains across Syria and Iraq. AFP

          Anti-ISIS coalition renews focus on Sahel as terror group gains ground

          USSeptember 25, 2023
          The coup in Niger last month could have a negative effect on counter-terrorism efforts in West Africa, a UN official said. AFP

          US concerned by effect of Sahel military coups on counter-terrorism efforts

          WorldAugust 25, 2023
          A semi-arid landscape surrounds the Sahel village of Ndiawagne Fall in Kebemer, Senegal. AP

          Terror threat amplified by climate change in Africa's Sahel region, global report says

          MENAMarch 14, 2023
          Displaced men, women and children in the village of Garbey Kourou, Niger, after terrorist attacks. AFP

          UK launches £33 million Sahel humanitarian fund

          UKFebruary 16, 2023
          French President Emmanuel Macron's remarks during a visit to Benin, Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau angered the junta in Mali. Reuters

          Mali's military blasts Macron's 'neocolonial' attitude

          AfricaAugust 01, 2022
          In the Sahel, located between the Sahara desert and the equator, prolonged drought and unpredictable weather patterns are forcing many people to migrate in search of a better life elsewhere. AFP

          Nato faces new challenge in migration from the Sahel region

          MENAJune 30, 2022
          An officer of the Directorate of Narcotics Control of Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry empties a bag of tablets of Captagon in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah. AFP

          Drug overdose deaths 'break records' in US and Canada

          WorldJune 28, 2022
          A girl carries firewood at a camp for internally displaced people in Kaya, Burkina Faso - one of four Sahel countries expected to face extreme levels of food insecurity in coming months. Reuters

          UN says 18 million people in Sahel face severe hunger

          AfricaMay 20, 2022
          A Malian soldier patrols the river bank in Konna, central Mali. AFP

          Sahel's anti-extremist force undermined by coups, UN chief warns

          USMay 11, 2022
          Sheikh Shakhboot Al Nahyan, Minister of State, at the third ministerial meeting of the Coalition for the Sahel. Photo: Wam

          UAE committed to security and stability in Sahel, says minister

          GovernmentMarch 11, 2022
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