Togo appears to be openly courting a new confederation made up of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger for whom access to ...

DAKAR, Senegal -- An attack by a jihadi group on a village in western Niger has killed 44 civilians, the country's Interior Ministry said.

U.S. Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT) has introduced bipartisan legislation to extend tax benefits to American service members ...

Islamist militants killed at least 44 civilians and severely injured 13 others during an attack on a mosque in southwest Niger on Friday, the country's defence ministry said.

After the coups that installed military juntas in three Sahel countries, Russia was promoted as a better international partner than FranceImage: Nicolas Remene/Le Pictorium Agency via ZUMA Press ...

At least six police personnel were killed in Kenya and four were injured in an attack on a police camp by suspected Islamist ...

Authorities blame the deadly attack in the town of Kokorou on the Islamic State in the Great Sahara, an ISIL affiliate.

Mali has withdrawn from a global alliance of French-speaking countries, days after two of its neighbors took the same step. In a letter seen by The Associated Press on Tuesday, Mali's foreign ministry ...

including expelling French troops who had partnered in fighting an Islamic insurgency in the Sahel Just weeks prior to the coup, Niger adopted a new national anthem, ‘The Honour of the ...

Sudan's army has taken control of the presidential palace in Khartoum, in a major turning point during the war. The palace ...