Five years since the Mali coup of 2020, the key lesson is that the international community must move beyond the view of coups as isolated events.

Terrorist groups are becoming more daring with increased attacks on military camps across the west Africa region.

On 30 June 2025 in Ouagadougou, representatives from six member countries of the Desert to Power Initiative ( https://apo-opa ...

This action serves as a wake-up call for the authorities of The Gambia, Senegal and Mauritania, to work collectively to ensure proper security measures are put in place to keep their territories ...

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

Border militarization expands, Russia ramps up chemical warfare, and more. Welcome to Friday, July 4th, 2025. This is ...

In the Sahel, violent terrorism--now structural--and various forms of trafficking, including that of migrants, are linked structural realities. The agonizing Trans borders cooperation is dwindling.

Forced out of their homes by armed groups, displaced families in Burkina Faso rely on humanitarian aid to meet their children ...

The Green Climate Fund approves $222 million for FAO to launch the SURAGGWA program in eight Sahelian countries. • The initiative focuses on restoring degraded lands and developing value chains for ...

The World Bank guidance outlines a comprehensive framework for integrating Human Capital Accompanying Measures (HCAMs) into ...

Nearly a quarter-million refugees have arrived in Adre, a border town in neighboring Chad and the humanitarian front line on ...

Ibrahim Traoré counts admirers from Nairobi to Jamaica and London. Russia is also courting him.