For well over a decade, jihadist violence has plagued the Sahel, a semi-arid belt stretching along the Sahara desert's southern rim from the Atlantic to the Red Sea. The violence, which started in ...

Ibrahima Diack and Magatte N'Diaye are given "adopted sons of the city" status in A Coruña. The Baye Fall don't fast or perform five daily prayers - they believe hard work is the way to heaven.

However, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced their withdrawal following the formation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), disrupting regional integration efforts. Before this disintegration ...

The joint bilateral training exercise "Affaa Al Sahel VII" between the Special Operations Forces (SOFs) of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) and the Special Service Group (SSG) of the Pakistan ...

They chose to leave ECOWAS, which they consider to be an "extended arm of Western interests," and founded their own Alliance of Sahel States (AES). This banner in Burkina Faso’s capital ...

Morocco’s strategic role in promoting stability in the Sahel is central to tackling transnational threats, with initiatives like the Atlantic Initiative fostering regional security cooperation. In ...

Having redeployed some soldiers previously stationed in Syria to Libya, the Russian army and its military-political entity Africa Corps are increasing their presence further south. Using eyewitness ...