Twelve Nigerien soldiers have been killed in an attack in the west of the Sahel country and two suspects have been arrested, the army said in a statement seen by Reuters on Saturday. The attack took ...

Morocco is an "essential partner" for the countries of the Sahel, including those of the Sahel States Confederation, affirmed ...

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has condemned in the strongest terms the heinous ...

The Confederation of Sahel States praised, on Friday in Casablanca, Morocco’s “steady” support under the leadership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI for the group's member countries. Speaking at the ...

Russia’s growing footprints in Africa provide West African junta-led countries with an opportunity to recalibrate their ...

Ghana's new leader said Tuesday he initiated a fresh bid to woo back Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to the west African bloc ...

By John Aka The growing entanglement of Ukraine in West Africa’s volatile Sahel region came under sharp criticism during a ...

Since its founding in 1975, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been a cornerstone of regional ...

Algeria and Mali share a 1,400-kilometer border and long-standing cultural ties, but their visions for the region have ...

Islamic militants attacked military posts in northern Benin, killing at least 54 soldiers. Previously, authorities reported ...

France was recently asked to leave Chad, and its relations in central and West Africa are increasingly weak. With Russian ...

Benin's government said that 54 soldiers were killed in an attack in the country's north last week, providing a lower toll than reported by Al Qaeda affiliate JNIM. The West African state and its ...