Under the cover of darkness, the jihadists moved into Wulgo, where the shores of Lake Chad meet the arid countryside of ...

Analysis - Local populations feel the effects of climate change, but new research shows only indirect links to violent ...

China's efforts to build up huge business interests across Africa have been accompanied by a careful policy of maintaining ...

After talks in Qatar, the two countries’ presidents said they were committed to an unconditional truce between Congo’s army ...

Militias linked to Burkina Faso's military junta are allegedly behind a massacre in western Burkina Faso. Human Rights Watch ...

Christian leaders have been called upon to actively engage in peacebuilding efforts across Africa, as the continent faces ...

pointing to conflict as "the primary driver of terrorism". The Sahel is sometimes referred to as the "coup belt" of Africa. Since 2020 there have been six successful coups in the region as defined ...

Tuggar highlighted ongoing conflicts in Sudan, eastern Congo, and the Sahel, where the United Nations and other international bodies have often been ineffective in providing lasting solutions.

Since France began withdrawing in 2022, conflict-related fatalities in the Sahel have risen by 65%, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED). Analysts point to ...

A research project by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has concluded that while there is no direct link between climate change and terrorism in the Sahel, disrupted agricultural production and ...

against the backdrop of weakening conflict management by both traditional and state systems. The production potential of agricultural and pastoral economies in the Sahel must be strengthened The ...

Climate change does not directly lead to more terrorism in the Central Sahel. Rather, factors associated with climate change appear to be a catalyst for localised conflicts, mainly driven by ...