When we went downstairs, our blood ran cold at the sight we saw. My father-in-law was lying on the floor, covered in blood.

The three countries have vowed to strengthen their cooperation by establishing a new security alliance, the Alliance of Sahel States. But the security situation in the Sahel, a vast region on the ...

Three days of national mourning have been declared. The insurgency in West Africa's Sahel region started when Islamist militants took over territory in north Mali after a 2012 Tuareg rebellion.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An attack by a jihadi group on a village in western Niger has killed 44 civilians, the country’s Interior Ministry said. The attack took place on Friday afternoon in the ...

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