A Malian dissident was detained in the capital Bamako Wednesday under pressure from authorities in Burkina Faso, who accused him of making "extremely serious remarks" against the neighbouring ...

"But Russia's paramilitary brigades have not made the Sahel safer at all." Wagner fighters have been linked to several ...

Africa 's Nontobeko Mlambo attended the 20th African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) - the largest gathering of African investigative journalists on the continent - at Witwatersrand ...

ABUJA - Nigeria's military has warned of a new insurgent group, Lakurawas, infiltrating the country's northwest region from ...

More than a year after its withdrawal from Bamako, Ouagadougou and Niamey, Air France has managed to limit the impact on its ...

The countries of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), which continue to face terrorist attacks, are taking active measures to ...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ghana has expressed concern about the rapid deterioration of the security ...

Burkina Faso military government has removed a curfew imposed on the West African nation eastern region in 2019 Read Full ...

“The human rights abuses of Wagner and the Malian junta in the centre of Mali made many Fulanis join ... the conflict in the Sahel has grown increasingly bloody in recent months.

Mali's de facto parliament has passed a law criminalising same-sex acts in the junta-led country, the latest in Africa to adopt legislation targeting LGBTQ rights.

As relations between the ruling juntas in the Sahel States Alliance (AES) and Western powers continue to worsen, Russia is ramping up economic initiatives to strengthen its influence in the region.

Activists are condemning the juntas in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger for failing to keep their promises. Some are calling for a return to civilian rule. https://p.dw ...