The repeal of the law criminalizing migrant trafficking in Niger, the deepening civil war in Sudan, and Chad's limited control capacity have, instead of halting irregular migration in North Africa and ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Nouhoun Sidibè was a herder, like his father and grandfather, and took pride in his identity as a pastoralist. That's until the day armed men descended on his home in northern ...

The Sahel region has over recent years emerged as a central nexus of violent extremism and trafficking networks and an increasingly important area of international focus. A multitude of international ...

In this photo taken Tuesday, March 24, 2020, residents wait in line to fill their jerry cans, as people often have to walk half an hour to the closest water point several times a day and wait in ...

Ned Rauch-Mannino is a Visiting Fellow for The Heritage Foundation’s Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for National Security. Security in Africa’s Sahel region is in the U.S. interest, and it is ...

Sahel-based Salafi-jihadi groups including al Qaeda and the Islamic State coordinate and cooperate across organizational divides united by common objectives, shared ...

Martin Welz acknowledges the kind support of the German Foundation for Peace Research. At first glance, the creation in 2014 of the G5 Sahel, an international organisation set up to deal with conflict ...

Olayinka Ajala does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...