DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Taliban’s acting ambassador to Iran has met with his Burkina Faso counterpart in the Iranian ...

The African Development Bank and the Islamic Development Bank are pooling a $610m joint initiative to combat climate-driven fragility and bolster resilience in Africa’s most vulnerable regions, ...

JNIM, an Al Qaeda affiliate, claimed responsibility for deadly attacks on military posts in Burkina Faso and Mali. Sixty ...

Kabul has met with envoys from Ouagadougou and Niamey in recent weeks, an unexpected move given that Sahel militants see the ...

French uranium mining company Orano says it has sued the government of Niger after the disappearance of its director and the ...

French uranium mining company Orano is in conflict with Niger's military authorities following the detention of its director ...

Mali’s media regulatory body says it is banning a French television channel in the country due to “defamatory remarks” it made about a pro-democracy demonstration in the capital earlier this month ...

They are the Meharists, heirs to the camel-riding army units founded back in the time when imperialist France ruled the west African nation, whom AFP accompanied on patrol for two days ...

One evening in December 2011, five armed men arrived in a vehicle, fired at the Mauritanian gendarmerie post at Adel Begrou, ...

Warfighting has only deepened wounds, hardened divides, and fuelled new insurgencies – a rethink is long overdue.

The meeting comes at a time of growing tensions between Morocco's regional rival Algeria and the Sahel states. Last month, Algeria says it shot down a Malian drone when it crossed into its air ...

They then created their own security partnership, known as the Alliance of Sahel States, severed military ties with longstanding Western partners such as U.S. and France, and turned to Russia for ...