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Leaders from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gathered to assess efforts to secure timetables for restoring civilian

Sahel insecurity, post-coup sanctions loom large at ECOWAS summit | News

The Western African leaders are expected to discuss efforts to restore civilian rule in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea. West

Recent killing of 89 people in the northern village of Seytenga was one of the worst massacres in the country’s

ISIL-affiliated fighters, whose power was once thought to be waning in the Sahel, have expanded their reach recently, marking their

The gunmen were travelling on motorcycles near Niger’s border with Burkina Faso, France’s military says. French drone strikes have killed

Oumeya Ould Albakaye, Islamic State in Greater Sahara’s chief in two provinces of Mali and Burkina Faso was captured in

From: Witness Travellers exchange their dreams and stories in a temporary refuge on the edge of the Sahel desert. For

Since 2015, Burkina Faso has been gripped by conflict that has claimed more than 2,000 lives. At least 50 people

The landlocked country has now replaced Mali, birthplace of the conflict in the Sahel, as the epicentre of the crisis.

In DR Congo, the most-neglected country on the list for the second year running, a third of the population went