The United States scrambled Sunday to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations in the Sahel after Niger's junta said it was ending its years-long military cooperation with Washington ...

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso no longer orient themselves towards France or Western business interests. As demand for raw materials grows, this pivot may have significant consequences for Europe’s ...

NIAMEY - A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled central Sahel region ... that some joint operations had ...

Once a key link in France's military presence in Africa, Chad was its last foothold in the wider Sahel region after the forced withdrawal of French troops from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.

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 ...

A significant military ... joint operations between the Africa Corps and Malian forces in the tri-border area — at the junction of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger.” The region is strategically ...

Kosseï camp in the capital N'Djamena was also the last of its bases in the Sahel, which were themselves a legacy of France's domination of the region ... military juntas in Mali, Burkina Faso ...

[Reuters] Burkina Faso's army has ordered civilians to evacuate two large "military interest zones" in its northern and southeastern regions ahead of anticipated operations against Islamist ...

The Islamic State in Sub-Saharan Africa (EIGS) has claimed responsibility for a deadly ambush that left 17 soldiers and six civilian drivers dead in the Sahel region of northern Burkina Faso.

Visit the Sahel situation page on Global Focus for more statistics. *The Sahel region includes the countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. “I was so frightened. The whole family – including my ...