The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...

Despite their citizens being among Africa’s poorest, Mali, Niger,and Burkina Faso boast mineral riches beyond the dreams of most nations. All three Sahel countries have sizable gold deposits, and ...

The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) is set to broaden its focus beyond Nigeria’s internal conflicts to key regional crises across Africa, including the French withdrawal from the ...

Africa’s prospects for this year are dim, owing to the resurgence of warlordism and the continued weakness of regional ...

With France fast losing its influence in west Africa's Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China fill the vacuum?The Sahel region covers 10 countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, ...

Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...

China stands a good chance of taking advantage of the dwindling western presence in the Sahel region of west Africa.

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara Desert in the north and the Savannah in the south. It is characterised by ...

(Ian Langsdon, Pool via AP) MARSEILLE, France (CN) — France’s decades-long military presence in the Sahel is officially over ... This was France's last foothold in the region, West Africa's vast ...

as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, secured a rare interview with a leader of JNIM, an al-Qaida’s affiliate in the Sahel. Or so he thought. En route to ...

Major General Al-Moghedi noted that Niger's strategic position in West Africa makes it a critical player in the ... particularly those in the Sahel region. He acknowledged the severe challenges faced ...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has issued a warning about certain forces working to instigate anarchy on college campuses, thereby weakening young people's confidence in constitutional ...