Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in ...

Researchers from Stanford University and the World Bank have developed an AI-driven poverty measurement system using ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request in 2013, France has given up most of its military footprint across west ...

West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS is facing significant challenges after three countries formally quit the group ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS ...

The Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in recent years have been upended by ... according to data from the ...

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...

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The two organizations helped journalists in Africa’s Sahel region learn mobile journalism and safety while reporting on conflicts. They also gave out the annual Pax Sahel prize in recognition of ...

Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali are due to withdraw officially from the grouping of West African states on Tuesday 28 January. At the gathering in Ouagadougou, they agreed to favour a “global ...

It is also a worrying sign that M23’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region—and, in doing so, risk another catastrophic African war. The origins of ...

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