American citizen and missionary pilot Kevin Rideout was abducted by armed men in the capital of Niger Tuesday night.

Analysts say Russian mercenaries focus on mineral extraction rather than security in Sahel countries after U.S. and French ...

The sea looks the same. So does the sand. But in Egypt, two beach communities not far from each other have decidedly ...

Islamist militants still severely impact large swathes of Burkina Faso and Mali, imposing roadblocks, launching attacks and ...

Recent military coups and a wave of violent extremism are challenging Algeria's role as regional security guarantor. The post A Spiraling Security Crisis in the Sahel Will Force Algeria's Hand ...

Women and children represent 80 percent of those forcibly displaced in countries including Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.

While most of the displaced remain within their home countries, cross-border movements are growing, as families flee ...

Examining the right to information in the Sahel and promoting reliable media reporting by combating disinformation will be ...

Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty called for stronger international cooperation to help Sahel countries ...

With less than a fortnight to go before presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire, three other west African states – all ruled ...

In September 2025, the military governments of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger jointly announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) – a move hailed at home as “a step toward ...

But the military takeover in Madagascar marks only the second coup in that period to take place outside of the Sahel region, stretching from the Atlantic to the Horn of Africa – a signal that Africa’s ...