The extremist Islamic State group is resurging in parts of the world, adapting its tactics and expanding its reach despite ...

Abdourahamane Tchiani, an army veteran, was also elevated to the country’s highest military rank and signed a decree ...

Forty-four people have been killed in a terrorist attack by the "Islamic State" militant group on a mosque in Niger. The ...

Analysis - Local populations feel the effects of climate change, but new research shows only indirect links to violent ...

Niger's ruling junta said there would be a five-year transition to constitutional rule starting from Wednesday, in an announcement during a signing ceremony for a new transition charter.

Moroccan authorities have arrested a dozen people they said were planning attacks on behalf of the so-called Islamic State in the Sahel group. The discovery of the 12-member cell and what ...

The Trump administration's sweeping cuts in foreign aid have impacted programs in northern Ivory Coast to counter the spread of al-Qaida and the Islamic State group ...

Ochieng said IS Sahel’s strategy appears increasingly focused on exploiting security gaps beyond their core Sahelian ...

Two militant organisations dominate the central Sahelian region that includes Mali, Niger and Burkina: the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) and the Islamic State -- Sahel Province ...

SALE, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan authorities this month arrested a dozen people they said were planning attacks on behalf of the Islamic State in the Sahel, a region south of the Sahara Desert ...