Foreign ministers from Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are set to visit Moscow, aiming to strengthen strategic partnerships ...

The Sahel is this semi-arid region just north of where I am in Lagos - in Nigeria - and it covers this belt of countries from Guinea ... It now accounts for 1 in 5 attacks from militant groups ...

The Sahel stretches from the west coast of Africa eastwards across the continent. The GTI's definition of the region includes parts of 10 countries: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Cameroon ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), has introduced a 0.5 percent levy on imported goods from several West African countries, ...