Togo has not ruled out joining a Sahel defence pact forged by the military-led governments of Burkina Faso, Mail and Niger, the country's foreign minister said Thursday.

Sahel juntas -- Mali’s Assimi Goita, Niger’s Abdourahamane Tiani and Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traore -- are tightening controls ...

The Defence Headquarters raised alarm over the increasing influx of foreign fighters from Sahel into terrorist groups within ...

Paul Nantulya, a China analyst at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, noted that China has recently become ...

How should the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) deal with the Sahel juntas, as they plan to break away from ...

The Islamic State in Sub-Saharan Africa (EIGS) has claimed responsibility for a deadly ambush that left 17 soldiers and six ...

A combination of population explosion, failure of governance and endemic poverty creates a perfect breeding ground for a ...

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Ghana's president and Mali's junta-appointed prime minister on Thursday committed to strengthening relations in the face of rising jihadist violence and instability across west Africa.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House next week threatens freedoms at home and abroad, the head of ...

The European Union's border agency Frontex says that irregular migration into the European Union fell sharply in 2024 ...