President Donald Trump ordered Christmas airstrikes against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria, targeting ISIS ...

Central Asia, the Sahel region and northern Europe experienced their hottest year on record in 2025, according to AFP ...

Since withdrawing from ECOWAS, the post-coup countries have inaugurated a new bank, TV station and joint military force.

Africa’s Sahel region and its northern belt have remained among the most active centers of irregular migration and human ...

Sahel countries launch a joint battalion to fight armed groups as they boost ties with Russia amid rising insecurity.

The Alliance of Sahel States, including Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, advances media sovereignty and reviews confederation ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Africa’s Sahel region has become a hot spot for violent extremism, but the joint force set up in 2014 to combat groups linked to the Islamic State, al-Qaida and others has failed ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Security forces and armed groups are committing war crimes against civilians in Africa's Sahel region, where extremists and rebels are increasingly fighting to exert dominance ...

Military rulers in west Africa's Sahel region may well have celebrated had a recent coup attempt in Benin resulted in another anti-Western junta in their neighbourhood, analysts said.

Africa’s Sahel region is seeking aid to fight violent extremism and stop its spread toward West African coastal countries. A U.N. official warned that without greater international support and ...

Who Is JNIM? Jama rsquo;at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is an al-Qaeda-linked militant Islamist group that operates across parts of the Sahel region primarily Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger .

THE Alliance of Sahel States (AES) has taken a decisive step toward regional self-defence after officially launching a joint ...