Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

The Rencontres de Bamako photography biennale took place from mid-November until mid-January without past sponsor France, ...

The Malian army must adapt its defense strategies to security threats, affecting both the country and the West African ...

"What is evident is that Benin is now at war--a war waged by French imperialism through proxy jihadist forces," argues Damien Zinsou Degbe of Benin's Council of Patriotic Youth, which has organized ...

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

As a neutral actor whose non-interference policy accommodates both civil and military regimes, Beijing is in a position to bring Ecowas and the Alliance of Sahel States into negotiation before the ...

Ecowas even threatened Niger with a military invasion. The three countries then decided to leave Ecowas to form the Alliance of Sahel States. As a neutral actor whose non-interference policy ...

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 ...

Having redeployed some soldiers previously stationed in Syria to Libya, the Russian army and its military-political entity ...