The Russia-backed Wagner Group said Friday it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists and insurgents in the country.

Jihadists have intensified their offensives in the Sahel region in recent weeks, carrying out bloody raids in Mali, ...

Ghana said on Thursday it views a Moroccan autonomy plan as the sole basis to settle the Western Sahara dispute within the ...

Once the next dust cloud reaches Florida, people can expect to see hazier skies. “Typically, we have nice blue skies, but with the dust, the whole sky looks soft and warm, because the particles ...

The political and economic tides are turning across West and Central Africa.

Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley described the Sahel region, which includes Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, as “the epicenter ...

The U.S. military’s top general in Africa said terrorist factions in the Sahel region have increased their presence so much in the past three years that they soon may be able to launch attacks ...

Armed groups in Nigeria and the Sahel have long used drones for surveillance and filming propaganda, but a shift is under way as jihadists and separatists kit them out for attacks. "It's an ...

Terrorism in the Sahel has increased significantly, with deaths rising nearly tenfold since 2019, according to the Global Terrorism Index 2025, confirming the region’s reputation as the epicentre of ...

The Sahel region of Africa is the "epicentre of global terrorism" and now, for the first time, accounts for "over half of all terrorism-related deaths", according to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI).

Yankin na Sahel da ke nahiyar Afirka, shi ne "cibiyar ta'addanci ta duniya", kuma a karon farko yanzu shi ne "ke da fiye da rabi na yawan ayyukan da suka shafi ta'addanci a duniya baki ɗaya", a ...