The three Sahelian states' split from ECOWAS is reducing security cooperation at a time when West Africa is battling numerous ...

The presence of Russian mercenaries in Africa was once hailed as a success story, but recently the pressure on them has ...

NPR West Africa correspondent Emmanuel Akinwotu is here to tell ... (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) IBRAHIM TRAORE: (Non-English language spoken). AKINWOTU: It's called the Alliance of Sahel States, ...

Mali has officially exited the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, citing selective sanctions and sovereignty ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Togo Robert Dussey has again raised the possibility of the country joining the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). In a social ...

Former NAF Spokesperson Shehu urges West African leaders to unite against terrorism, warning that no country can tackle the ...

The force's activation follows a report by the Global Terrorism Index, which identified Africa's Sahel region as the global ...

"IS Sahel has seen that its expansion could be directed much further West and much further North ... And it’s not just North Africa that's at risk. Ochieng warns that countries traditionally ...

Over half of all terrorism-related deaths in the world occur in the Sahel. That's according to ... "epicenter of terrorism." NPR West Africa correspondent Emmanuel Akinwotu is here to tell us ...