Burkina Faso's military leader Ibrahim Traoré attends John Dramani Mahama's swearing-in ceremony for his second term as Ghana's president, in Accra, Ghana, on January 7, 2025. Francis Kokoroko ...

As The Washington Post’s West Africa bureau chief based in Senegal, I’ve reported from nine countries across the Sahel over the past 2½ years. I’ve covered three coups, the arrival of ...

Beijing’s backing of Niger’s military junta is not an isolated policy. In the Sahel – a semi-arid region south of the Sahara desert – China is also supporting the military juntas of ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — As Islamist extremist groups have advanced in the past few years, often overpowering government forces in the Sahel, tens of thousands of civilians have taken up arms ...

Africa's Sahel region accounts for more than half of terror-related killings, a new reports says. Three men tell the BBC they have crossed the border multiple times to fight the military.

Time series of Sahel precipitation anomalies for 1960–2100 as simulated by eight coupled general circulation models of the global ocean and atmosphere. Precipitation is averaged over West Africa ...

Peace and security challenges in Africa’s Sahel region require ‘holistic approach’, says UN official ...

Terrorism in the Sahel has increased significantly, with deaths rising nearly tenfold since 2019, according to the Global Terrorism Index 2025, confirming the region’s reputation as the epicentre of ...