Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso face the task of untangling themselves from West Africa’s main regional bloc, Ecowas, after ...

Moussa Mara, the PM for eight months in 2014-2015, has been charged with ‘undermining the credibility of the state’.

Former Mali PM arrested for supporting jailed critics of military junta, facing charges of inciting public disorder and spreading false information.

The inaugural Sahel Governance Forum opened on Wednesday, July 30, 2025 in Banjul, the capital of The Gambia, at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre, on the theme ‘Rebuilding ...

Abdoulaye Yaro, a close associate of Mara, told The Associated Press that the former PM was arrested following an order from a cybercrime prosecutor to detain him pending trial, for "expressing ...

Sahel crisis is ‘only one characteristic’ of region and does not capture whole reality, says UN Secretary-General's Special ...

Drought, irregular rainfall, deforestation, and the legacy of unsustainable human activities have left vast areas across the ...

International criminal gangs have exploited instability in Sahel countries to build flourishing drug and human trafficking ...

The inaugural Sahel Governance Forum (FGS) opened on Wednesday 30 July 2025 in Banjul, the capital of The Gambia, at the Sir ...