An al-Qaeda linked group says it carried out a major attack on the Malian town of Boulikessi, and seized control of an army ...

AFRICOM Chief Michael Langley has linked rising terror attacks in Africa to reduced US counterterrorism presence across the ...

Niger’s transitional president has accused France of arming militants as part of efforts to force regime change Read Full ...

The Commander of United States Africa Command, Gen Michael Langley, has raised the alarm over growing efforts by extremist groups and terrorists in the Sahel to gain access to West Africa’s coastline.

The United States-led Africa Command has warned that terrorists are targeting the Nigerian and West African coastline to ...

By Malik Samuel With foreign expertise now reshaping battlefield dynamics in the Lake Chad Basin, and raising the stakes for ...

Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley described the Sahel region, which includes Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, as “the epicenter ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Governor Alex Otti has declared that his second tenure in ...

The U.S. military’s top general in Africa said terrorist factions in the Sahel region have increased their presence so much ...

One evening in December 2011, five armed men arrived in a vehicle, fired at the Mauritanian gendarmerie post at Adel Begrou, and kidnapped a gendarme before escaping across the nearby border into Mali ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — Jihadi fighters who had long operated in Africa’s volatile Sahel region have settled in northwestern Nigeria after crossing from neighboring Benin, according to a new report ...

Now, as climate change impacts intensify, they must find new ways to adapt. The Lake Chad Basin lies in the Sahel, on the southern edge of the Sahara. The basin is enormous, covering 2.5 million ...