August 2025 makes it five years since Malian soldiers ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta in a coup d'état. While the event reshaped Mali's domestic politics, it also marked the beginning of a ...

In the Sahel, a region plagued by jihadist violence, there are roads people steer clear of and others they travel on with ...

In the latest setback for democracy in Africa, a military coup has removed the democratically elected president of Burkina Faso. There have been recent coups in the region: Mali, Guinea and Chad.

The World Bank’s Pathways to Scale highlights how economic inclusion programs across the Sahel, especially those targeting ...

But the plague of jihadism killed 1,300 civilians in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso alone last year, reaching 3,500 casualties since 2015. The people have had enough.

G5 Sahel, a regional counterterrorism force created in 2017 that includes Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger, conducted operations along Burkina Faso’s northern borders with Mali ...

Burkina Faso this week joined a list of countries that have recently experienced military takeovers — most plagued by insecurity, ... Chad, Guinea, Sudan and now, Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso concluded a military parachuting certification program on July 1st for 200 soldiers, with logistical and ...

Burkina Faso’s army said it took control of the country on Monday, deposing President Roch Kabore, dissolving the government and parliament, suspending the constitution and shuttering its borders.

Chad is a landlocked, arid country of 18 million people in Central Africa. ... Burkina Faso and Niger — or their juntas’ subsequent failure to hold elections.

With temperatures rising 1.5 times faster in the Sahel than in the rest of the world, climate change is a real threat. And the social and economic impact of the coronavirus could wipe out five years ...

In June, France launched the International Coalition for the Sahel, to coordinate among the G5 Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger) and their international partners.