U.S. considering expanding travel ban list, could include Egypt
Reports by the Washington Post and Reuters suggests that both Egypt and Syria could be added to an expanded U.
Burkina Faso has nationalised five gold mining assets, including two active mines, transferring them to its state-owned firm SOPAMIB, according
Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), an al-Qaeda affiliate in the Sahel, has increased its operations in northern and
Niger’s July 2023 coup was followed by an immediate closure of its border with Benin. Two years on, the
Jihadist violence in the Sahel has surged, with Al-Qaeda- and Islamic State-linked groups launching major attacks in Mali, Burkina Faso,
In a recent interministerial meeting of justice ministers, the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), announced the establishment of a new
Algeria has pushed back more than 16,000 irregular African migrants to Niger since April; per an official source speaking
An al-Qaeda-affiliated group, Jama'a Nusrat al-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), claimed responsibility for two major attacks on the Malian
The Sahel has become the global epicenter of terrorism, with factions expanding rapidly and developing the capability to strike the
Algeria convened a defence forum on the Sahel in Algiers on Sunday, aiming to reaffirm its role as a regional
Amid surging jihadist violence, ECOWAS is accelerating plans for a regional counter-terrorism force, with troop pledges underway and funding talks
Russia is deepening ties with military-led governments in the Sahel by ramping up humanitarian aid, Business Insider Africa reports. Moscow
Niger announced plans on Saturday to take in 4,000 migrants expelled from neighboring Algeria for humanitarian reasons, before sending
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