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

As The Washington Post’s West Africa bureau chief based in Senegal, I’ve reported from nine countries across the Sahel over ...

Niger's National Conference has submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition ...

The confrontation between France and the countries of West Africa is increasingly attracting international attention. With ...

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.

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

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 ...

The attackers struck near the village of Kobe, around 30 km (19 miles) from Gao in a region where affiliates of Islamic State ...

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

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 ...

Junta-Led Sahel States Ready Joint Force of 5,000 Troops ... Islamic State has worsened since the coups. Around 2.6 million people were displaced within the region as of end-December, according ...