More than 2,600 records obtained by BuzzFeed News and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists show that banks, money transfer companies and other ... Read more »

Creation of the interim government and the naming of 25 ministers in Mali represent "yet another step in the road back to constitutional order", U.S. Special Envoy for the Sahel J. ... Read more »

Did we live up to the commitment we made in 1999 that every one of us needs to consciously make peace and nonviolence a part of our daily existence? I think not, writes Nihal Saad, ... Read more »

An investigation into the deaths of more than one hundred people in Niger in 2019, has laid the blame on the army. The country's National Commission on Human Rights said in a new ... Read more »

Anger is still simmering nearly a week after France issued a warning against travel to Niger. France classified the entire country except capital Niamey as red, under its ... Read more »

French Prime Minister Jean Castex has led tributes to six French aid workers killed by suspected jihadists in Niger. The ceremony was held at Paris's Orly airport in front of the ... Read more »

Mali and Niger are among the Sahel states that in 2019 saw a significant resurgence of extremist violence, with Mali recording more than 2 500 deaths in the year to July 18, 2020, ... Read more »

A new report Human by Rights Watch says graves containing at least 180 men have been found over the past seven months around the northern Burkina Faso town of Djibo, The report ... Read more »

The combination of rife insecurity, food insecurity and more than 7.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance has left the Sahel a region in crisis, with the global ... Read more »

The attack, which occurred about 70km from the Malian border, left two Malian refugee leaders and a local host community leader dead. The U.N. refugee agency says it fears more ... Read more »