The Chinese arms market could receive a major boost beyond Nigeria with the withdrawal of western countries from the Sahel. Western countries are likely to be reluctant to sell arms to the countries ...

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso no longer orient themselves towards France or Western business interests. As demand for raw materials grows, this pivot may have significant consequences for Europe’ s ...

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

Ivory Coast became the latest African nation to expel French troops, taking control of the last remaining French military ...

LONDON – Africa’s Sahel region is enduring a period of rapid change – and deepening instability. Military juntas in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger – now known as the Central Sahel – have rejected ...

Countries in West Africa and the Sahel are facing a mixed outlook of expanding prosperity and innovation on one hand, and escalating hardship and insecurity on the other. Senegal and Côte D’Ivoire for ...

A leading British defense and security think tank has pointed to Morocco’s growing strategic role in promoting stability ...

Morocco’s strategic role in promoting stability in the Sahel is central to tackling transnational threats, with initiatives ...

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

Groups like Islamic State in the Sahel have found support in impoverished ... in North Africa and coastal west Africa — and worried western powers concerned about militant groups using their ...