As Africa’s Sahel region has replaced the Middle East as the epicenter of jihadism, young men are flocking to the cause. They ...

At a time when Africa is convulsed by various threats and American interests could be at risk, United States influence is in ...

Having redeployed some soldiers previously stationed in Syria to Libya, the Russian army and its military-political entity ...

To combat the brewing drought and desertification, the African Union developed the Great Green Wall Initiative in 2007. The ...

EU is interested in working with Türkiye and countries of the region in order to forge broad international coalition that can ...

Now there is no public support for sending any more troops to Africa even if they are requested by beleaguered African governments. Those African political crises have been a regular feature of ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

Although the world is today facing critical challenges, there are great opportunities for Africa to be a leader in countering climate change. So affirmed Côte d’Ivoire-based African Development Bank ...

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BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS ... created their own alliance known as the Alliance of Sahel States, or AES, named after the vast southern fringe of the Sahara Desert ...

(Ian Langsdon, Pool via AP) MARSEILLE, France (CN) — France’s decades-long military presence in the Sahel is officially over ... France's last foothold in the region, West Africa's vast expanse below ...

The Sahel's delicate grasslands, for instance, are rapidly giving way to desert shrubs. On a global scale, economic losses linked to aridification are staggering. In Africa, rising aridity ...