Four Moroccan truck drivers, who were kidnapped in January in West Africa by the Islamic State group and held captive for months, were released late Sunday, Malian authorities said. The truckers were ...

Four Moroccan truck drivers, kidnapped in January 2025 in northeastern Burkina Faso near the border with Niger, were released ...

Niger's revolution in July 2023 and the creation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) reignited the spirit of sovereignty and Pan-African resistance across the continent. A recent webinar hosted by ...

NGOs in the violence-wracked Sahel region are dangerously caught between military juntas who accuse them of being spies, and ...

Ulf Laessing, head of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s Sahel program and based in Bamako, told PassBlue: “The US seems to be ...

The risk is that it rises into something much larger that then presents a much greater threat on the global scene,' one expert told Newsweek.

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) are taking steps to create a regional development bank: the Confederation Bank for ...

SPECIAL: Global Village kicks off a month-long feature celebrating kora legend Toumani Diabate with a program devoted to his ...

Russia has signed a nuclear energy cooperation agreement with Niger and fellow members of West Africa's Alliance of Sahel States, deepening Moscow's strategic footprint across the continent. The deal ...

Top commodities for July include gold and manganese; Santa Fe Minerals takes top spot for the biggest monthly stock gain; ...

The World Bank’s Evaluation Insight Note highlights that successful fertility transitions in high-fertility countries require ...

Orange Money’s 100 million active accounts will host JUMO’s AI credit engine, issuing $5–$500 loans repayable automatically from wallet balances. • Roll-out begins in Burkina Faso, then Mali and ...