For well over a decade, jihadist violence has plagued the Sahel, a semi-arid belt stretching along the Sahara desert's southern ... spread to Burkina Faso and Niger, and now threatens coastal ...

Niger expelled three Chinese oil executives in a dispute over disparities between the salaries of expatriate staff and ...

Agadez has long been a crossroads of trade, connecting the Sahel ... largest of Niger’s eight regions, Agadez. Until then, the city of Agadez had been a tourist gateway to the Sahara, receiving ...

Its new report says that in this semi-arid area to the south of the Sahara ... Mali, Niger, Cameroon, Guinea, The Gambia, Senegal, Nigeria, Chad and Mauritania. The Sahel has some of the world's ...

Terrorism in the Sahel has increased significantly, with deaths rising nearly tenfold since 2019, according to the Global Terrorism Index 2025, confirming the region’s reputation as the global ...

Beijing’s backing of Niger’s military junta is not an isolated policy. In the Sahel – a semi-arid region south of the Sahara desert – China is also supporting the military juntas of ...

As long as terrorist groups exploit illicit trade networks, the risk of their expansion into North Africa and Europe remains ...

Nearly 400 people died in Niger and more than 1.5 million others were affected by floods triggered by last year's exceptionally torrential rains, according to a final toll announced on Saturday.

Its new report says that in this semi-arid area to the south of the Sahara Desert 3,885 people ... Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Cameroon, Guinea, The Gambia, Senegal, Nigeria, Chad and Mauritania. The ...

Beijing's backing of Niger's military junta is not an isolated policy. In the Sahel - a semi-arid region south of the Sahara desert - China is also supporting the military juntas of neighbouring ...