Sahel security experts met Governor Zulum in Maiduguri to explore Borno’s successful counter-insurgency strategies for ...
The nations; Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo dreamt of an integrated West ...
Ecowas has been struggling to keep its membership intact after Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, all junta-led states, decided to ...
Turkey is not the largest power interested in Africa. Its economic engagement, arms sales, and foreign aid are dwarfed by one or more of the major powers.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has launched a 5,000-member regional counterterrorism force to tackle the growing influence of jihadist groups, particularly Islamic State’s (IS) ...
A security think tank, the Alliance of Sahel Institute for Security Studies, along with members of the Norwegian Institute ...
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has been to Niger this week for high-level meetings with Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine and other senior officials to enhance support for the country ...
A new report describes the Sahel region of Africa, a million mile band that runs through Mauritania to Sudan, as "the epicenter of global terrorism." We examine those findings.
Federal Government, through the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has emphasised the need for strengthened collaboration between ...
President John Dramani Mahama’s recent diplomatic tour of the Sahel states—Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger—marks a significant stride towards fostering unity and stability in West Africa at a ...
The President also urged the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to engage with the Alliance of Sahel States—a bloc formed by Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso after their exit from ...