(Bloomberg) -- Chad called on the US to ... in the region — suspended its security agreement with the US, amid a series of ...

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 ...

The report painted a grim picture of life under military dictatorships in the Sahel. Malick Sadibou Coulibaly ... Many in the region welcomed the deal. However, it has shown no sign of bringing ...

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).

But after jihadis attacked a nearby community in Mali five years ago and set up a base in a forest straddling the border, the US committed to spending $20 ... even as violence in Mali and other ...

These moves marked the end of France's military presence in the Sahel region, after the expulsions from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, all ruled by military juntas. Chadian President Mahamat Idriss ...