The advancing tide of Islamist extremism has prompted the rise of pro-government militias. The result has been a vicious ...

The cost of a daily nutritious diet in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is 110% higher than the west African region’s daily ...

Washington Post journalists faced numerous challenges in reporting from the Sahel region of Africa, including hostility from ...

At a time when Africa is convulsed by various threats and American interests could be at risk, United States influence is in ...

When healthcare workers in central Mali travel to vaccinate children against measles, they have to negotiate with the ...

An Islamist insurgency in the Sahel region, and fighting on Ghana’s northern border with Burkina Faso, may both spread to ...

EU is interested in working with Türkiye and countries of the region in order to forge broad international coalition that can ...

Less than a third of Niger's vast territory has internet access, so the west African country is betting on satellite broadband to bridge the digital divide in remote rural areas.

A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled central Sahel region, Niger's defence chief said on state television.

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 29, having served notice a year ago, raising concerns over access to justice for the ...

Through her tears, the girl told Sahel she was trying so hard to smile that she forgot how to cry. “I want people to read books, watch documentaries or online videos and use other resources for ...