Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison explores a land recovery project along the northern border of Senegal with the UN ...

The project is co-financed by the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) and the European Union, and emphasizes ...

At home, Togo has prioritized national security by increasing its defense budget from 8.7 percent of total government ...

Cattle rustling is a profitable revenue stream for insurgents and threatens the stability of the West African region.

As military regimes challenge its authority and regional crises deepen, new ECOWAS chair Julius Maada Bio vows to restore ...

Setting up the G5 Sahel Joint Force meant that they had a vehicle to further their own interests. The force’s mandate includes fighting both terrorism and organised cross-border crime.

Islamist militant attacks increased this past year in the Sahel region, leading to political instability that saw a coup in Mali, an attempted coup in Niger, and calls for Burkina Faso's president ...

Across the West Africa sub-region, roughly half the population lacks access to electricity and, including the Sahel, only 3% of households use standalone solar power. For example, Niger is one of the ...

The Sahel: Key things to know as security crisis spirals Parts of the arid belt of land below the Sahara have been engulfed by swiftly deteriorating violence.

The Sahel Alliance demonstrates the willingness of development partners to combine their efforts and better coordinate their actions to create the conditions for sustainable growth and lasting peace.