There were about 40 of us, and it took us 20 hours to reach Ouahigouya.” –Aguiratou, internally displaced woman from northern Burkina Faso The central Sahel region, encompassing Burkina Faso, Mali and ...

NORD, Ivory Coast—With its tomato patches and grazing cattle, the Ivory Coast village of Kimbirila-Nord hardly looks like a front line of the global fight against extremism. But after jihadis attacked ...

Good morning, Ayesha. RASCOE: So tell us about this region and the rising levels of insecurity there. AKINWOTU: Yes. The Sahel is this semi-arid region just north of where I am in Lagos - in ...

I asked why he wanted to talk with us despite the danger he could face both from the government and from jihadists. He told me a version of what I heard repeatedly from the people of the Sahel ...

The Sahel region of Africa is the "epicentre of global terrorism" and now, for the first time, accounts for "over half of all terrorism-related deaths", according to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI).

Please let us know if you agree ... “Ad Choices / Do not sell my info” in the footer at any time. The Sahel region of Africa is the "epicentre of global terrorism" and now, for the first ...

and unregulated artisanal gold mines found throughout the region are often taken advantage of by the likes of IS-Sahel and JNIM. Following the recent wave of coups, Sahel governments have pivoted away ...