What began as isolated ambushes in Benin’s national parks has morphed into a regional crisis with global implications. Jihadist groups once confined ...

Over the last decades, Mali has faced a profound and multifaceted crisis encompassing economic, social, environmental, political, and human dimensions. The situation is further influenced by the ...

Gold remains one of the world’s most valuable and sought-after resources, fueling industries from jewellery and investment to ...

As several Sahel countries face growing insecurity and their media are heavily pressured, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is ...

Despite the rumors about recent arrests of military officers, Mali's junta has been characterized more by unity than by ...

Jihadists have set up roadblocks in the south and west of landlocked Mali near the borders with Senegal and Mauritania where ...

WAEMU posts 0.9% deflation in July, second month in a row • Food, hospitality prices drop; alcohol, education costs rise • Niger sees sharpest deflation; BCEAO keeps growth outlook strong The West ...

The Islamist armed group Islamic State in the Sahel Province (IS Sahel) has escalated attacks on civilians in Niger since ...

Mali carried out military strikes in the southwest of the country, where Al-Qaeda-linked groups have imposed a fuel embargo that threatens to reduce supplies in the capital and disrupt trade with ...

JNIM militants burn Ivory Coast fuel trucks in Mali, imposing a blockade that threatens shortages and pressures the junta and ...

Mali's military said it had carried out airstrikes in the gold-rich western region of Kayes after al Qaeda-linked militants took steps to impose a blockade on fuel imports to the landlocked West ...