"If we had peace tomorrow, it would still take five to 10 years just to stabilise the country's livestock population." ...

Cattle rustling is a profitable revenue stream for insurgents and threatens the stability of the West African region.

As military regimes challenge its authority and regional crises deepen, new ECOWAS chair Julius Maada Bio vows to restore ...

Mali’s government seized more than a ton of gold from Barrick Mining, days after the West African nation’s junta leader ...

The U.N.'s World Food Programme says it will suspend various food and nutritional assistance in vulnerable countries across ...

Terrorist groups are becoming more daring with increased attacks on military camps across the west Africa region.

In the Sahel, a region plagued by jihadist violence, there are roads people steer clear of and others they travel on with ...

The World Bank’s Pathways to Scale highlights how economic inclusion programs across the Sahel, especially those targeting ...

The alliance of Sahel states have officially launched the Alliance of Agricultural Seed Producers of the Sahel (APSA-Sahel), ...

The Green Climate Fund approves $222 million for FAO to launch the SURAGGWA program in eight Sahelian countries. • The initiative focuses on restoring degraded lands and developing value chains for ...

A wave of synchronised assaults by jihadist fighters has rocked Mali, targeting military installations across seven towns, including Binoli, Kayes, and Sandere, in what marks the third major offensive ...

Mali, a landlocked nation in the semiarid Sahel region, for more than a decade has battled an insurgency by armed groups, including some allied with al-Qaeda ...