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

Mercenaries with Russia’s Wagner Group, fighting alongside Malian soldiers, have assaulted women, massacred civilians and burned villages in Mali - a campaign of wanton violence that is fueling a ...

Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group launched a raid in Mali's Wela village targeting a woman suspected of aiding ...

Mali and its neighbours have for more than a decade battled militant groups allied to Islamic State and al-Qaeda while ...

The Great Green Wall in the Sahel, a mosaic of forests, farmlands and grasslands dotting the arid fringes of Sahara, was ...

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.

An ambitious and bold project looks to help desertification in Africa and to combat African nations from being swallowed up ...

Once thriving centres of life, Morocco’s oases are drying up due to high temperatures, prolonged droughts and unsustainable water management ...

In an October 2024 briefing to the UN Security Council, Staffan de Mistura, the secretary-general’s Western Sahara envoy, ...

The Sahel region was the epicentre of global "terrorism" for the second straight year in 2024, accounting for more than half of deaths put down to terror attacks worldwide, according to the Global ...

The Sahel region of Africa is the "epicentre of global terrorism" and now, for the first time, accounts for "over half of all ...