A major theme of the recent United Nations General Assembly opening session was reforming the Security Council and including ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, three Francophone West African countries under military rule, have made a dramatic geopolitical shift by establishing the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), a new ...

Agadez, a historic town in Niger and UNESCO World Heritage Site, is facing severe flooding due to unprecedented rains. The ...

The Franco-Senegalese film director accompanied the repatriation of Dahomey’s 26 royal treasures from the Quai Branly Museum ...

Etran De L'Air, Tinariwen, Mdou Moctar, Bombino and Tamikrest are just some of the acts who deserve wider exposure.

Prosecutors from the judicial divisions on terrorism in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso all issued the same statement apparently ...

Shots were fired late Thursday near the presidential palace in Guinea ’s capital Conakry, and the army briefly locked down the city center and evacuated it.

Its winding allies, ancient mosque and ochre earthen houses helped bestow on Agadez its UNESCO World Heritage status, but the ...

The United States is ill-prepared to respond to mounting security threats and governance concerns across the Sahel. But any ...

Prosecutors in military junta-ruled Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso launched investigations on Wednesday against the French journalist and researcher Wassim Nasr into what they called his “apology of ...

Prosecutors in junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have launched investigations against French journalist and researcher ...

Note: This is the fifth in a series of articles on key foreign policy challenges for the next U.S. president. The articles ...