Terrorist groups located inside the Sahel region, which includes Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, have increased their presence ...

Tension in the Sahel, especially in crisis-ridden Burkina Faso and Mali, shows no sign of abating, reaching critical levels .

With up to 6,000 fighters, JNIM is now the most well-armed militant force in the Sahel — and among the most powerful in the world, officials and experts say.

A US general has sent a stark warning about a part of the world he has dubbed the 'epicentre of terrorism' as he says several ...

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

Gen. Michael Langley of the Marine Corps and head of the U.S. Africa Command said Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), a ...

The American commander in charge of the US Africa Command (Africom) has defended his criticism of Burkina Faso’s junta leader ...

Gen. Michael Langley highlights the threat of African terror groups expanding, with Al-Qaeda factions growing and aiming to ...

The U.S. military’s top general in Africa said terrorist factions in the Sahel region have increased their presence so much in the past three years that they soon may be able to launch attacks ...

UNODC Holds High-Level Side Event on Strengthening Forensic Capacity in the Fight Against Terrorism in West Africa ...

On 8 January, members of the violent extremist Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims attacked a fortified position of ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, 34 years old, became the provisional head of Burkina Faso’s government after a military coup in ...