The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has launched a 5,000-member regional counterterrorism force to tackle the growing influence of jihadist groups, particularly Islamic State’s (IS) ...

Terrorism in the Sahel has increased significantly, with deaths rising nearly tenfold since 2019, according to the Global ...

Beneath the ideological bluster, Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is just the ... is the dashing poster boy for military rule in the West African Sahel. Not too long ago, he was just another ...

The World Bank report highlights how Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) programs in Burkina Faso have significantly improved ...

They chose to leave ECOWAS, which they consider to be an "extended arm of Western interests," and founded their own Alliance of Sahel States (AES). This banner in Burkina Faso’s capital ...

Burkina Faso's military leader Ibrahim Traoré attends ... is the dashing poster boy for military rule in the West African Sahel. Not too long ago, he was just another anonymous officer deployed ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...

The deadly heat wave last spring in the Sahel, with highs over 45°C (113°F) recorded in Mali and lows of 32°C (90°F) in Burkina Faso, would not have occurred without climate change, according ...

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 ...

As The Washington Post’s West Africa bureau chief based in Senegal, I’ve reported from nine countries across the Sahel over the ... Mali and Burkina Faso became increasingly restrictive.

Sahel security experts met Governor Zulum in Maiduguri to explore Borno’s successful counter-insurgency strategies for ...