UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for an end to the unrelenting violence in Africa’s Sahel which has now displaced more than two million people within the borders of their countries for the ...

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, wrapped up in Burkina Faso a three-nation visit to the Sahel region, and expressed his alarm about the rapidly deteriorating situation across the ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Tuesday for Sahel nations to put aside their differences to tackle mounting attacks by armed groups in an African region beset by humanitarian crisis.

In the Sahel, a region plagued by jihadist violence, there are roads people steer clear of and others they travel on with their heart in their mouth. Such was the case for Moussa, when in March he had ...

On this year’s World Radio Day, 13 February 2026, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is sounding the alarm over the growing ...

Top UN officials today warned that insecurity and armed attacks in the Sahel have reached unprecedented levels. They called for increased humanitarian aid to millions of people affected by the spread ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Terrorist activity is surging in Africa’s volatile Sahel region, making life more difficult and dangerous ...

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 ...

Jihadists in Africa's Sahel region now operate in an area twice the size of Spain - Copyright AFP/File MICHELE CATTANI Jihadists in Africa's Sahel region now operate ...