In May 2025, more than 400 soldiers were killed in similar attacks targeting Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, all members of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). The epicenter is the so called "three ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, 34 years old, became the provisional head of Burkina Faso’s government after a military coup in ...

Across the continent, thousands of Fulani people are holding fast to their ancient customs—while reshaping their traditions ...

Plagued by conflict, Cameroon has overtaken Burkina Faso as the world's "most neglected" humanitarian crisis hotspot, the Norwegian Refugee Council said Tuesday in an annual report.

After years of innovation, farmer mobilization, and industrial planning, Cameroon’s cotton sector is reversing recent ...

Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley described the Sahel region, which includes Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, as “the epicenter ...

The U.S. military’s top general in Africa said terrorist factions in the Sahel region have increased their presence so much ...

What did the nations of Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia, the Republic of Congo and Sudan have in common, ...

Member of Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Dr. Zainab Gimba, has blamed the rising spate of terrorism and violent extremism in Nigeria, West Africa and the Sahel on ...

The latest Most Neglected Crises report on world’s most invisible humanitarian emergencies lists African nations first.