For well over a decade, jihadist violence has plagued the Sahel, a semi-arid belt stretching along the Sahara desert's ...

Militant groups have been expanding their presence in the Sahel, capitalizing on instability in countries including Mali, Burkina Faso ... controlled Western Sahara who was killed by French ...

An apparent Islamist armed group attacked a civilian convoy escorted by Malian armed forces and allied militias in ...

In a strongly worded statement released on February 24, 2025, Mali’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation expressed "surprise" over the recent announcement by a U.S ...

The insurgencies took root in Mali's arid north following a Tuareg ... in the impoverished central Sahel region south of the Sahara. Deadly attacks have become so frequent that the military ...

parts of Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan and Eritrea had the biggest increases in rainfall. One sudden wave of lushness followed an extratropical cyclone in the northwestern Sahara on September 7 and 8 ...

Mansa Musa ruled for the next 25 years and used Mali's military might to control the trade routes of the Sahara and the Niger River, greatly expanding the wealth and power of the empire.

Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United ...

The disaster occurred near the town of Kenieba in Mali’s gold-rich Kayes region, Taoule Camara, secretary general of the National Union of Gold Counters and Refineries (UCROM), told Reuters.

Moroccan authorities have arrested a dozen people they said were planning attacks on behalf of the Islamic State in the Sahel ...