The African Sahel region is witnessing a notable shift in its approach to regional security with the launch of the Alliance of Sahel States (Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso) Unified Military Force ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — African nations called on the world Tuesday to pay attention to how terrorism targeted their continent, particularly its Sahel region, telling the United Nations Security Council ...

Drones are likely helping the group monitor fuel trucks attempting to break its blockade on the Malian capital of Bamako, ...

The US is reshaping its approach to Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso as Russia expands its Africa Corps footprint across the Sahel.Mali' s foreign minister, Abdoulaye Diop, hosted a senior US official on ...

People who fled attacks by ISIL in northern Burkina Faso are pictured at a camp for the internally displaced in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso [File: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters] Around four million people are ...

Over half of all terrorism-related deaths in the world occur in the Sahel. That's according to a new report from the Institute for Economics and Peace. The vast region in Africa that lies just south ...