The North Africa and Sahel Program studies this region’s evolving internal social, political, and economic dynamics and draws attention to its growing geopolitical significance. The program brings the ...

What does the wave of coups in the Sahel mean for its people? Since 2020, Central and West Africa have faced more than 10 coup attempts. Meanwhile, global powers are shifting, as Russia eclipses ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Delegates have been attending a conference in Niamey in support of the Alliance of Sahel States, comprised ...

People have been gathering in Niger for a conference in solidarity with the Alliance of Sahel States (ASS), made up of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger. The Conference of Solidarity with the People ...

Almost all the cases across Africa’s Sahel region have followed history’s axiom: Militaries are great at seizing power and usually terrible at managing sophisticated economies. Military rulers ...

The arrest of the Resolute Mining executives on 8 November in Bamako is the latest example of how West African miners in junta-controlled Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have found themselves at the ...

Since the Sahel Alliance (AES) was created in September 2023, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have focused on improving air travel between their countries. Initially, they planned to launch one airline ...

Car owners looking for unique and beneficial window tinting may be curious about chameleon tint windshields. Generally, window tinting is when a thin laminate film is applied to a car's glass in ...

French troops, which had been deployed across the Sahel for more than a decade, were reluctant to deliver military equipment to armies accused of perpetrating abuses against civilians. France was ...

Burkina Faso and Niger have followed Mali in announcing they are to withdraw from an international force known as the G5 that was set up to fight Islamists in the Sahel region. All three countries ...

With Chad's withdrawal of troops and the imminent reduction in French troop strength from the vast Sahel region of West Africa - where jihadist groups continue to stage attack after attack ...