The Ambassador of Burkina Faso to Ghana, Sini Pierre Sanou, has reportedly been sacked by the country’s military junta for ...

A media freedom group says local journalists in the African Sahel are facing increased security risks as extremist attacks ...

A media freedom group says local journalists in the African Sahel are facing increased security risks as extremist attacks ...

DAKAR - Having slipped undetected into Mali's capital weeks ago, the jihadis struck just before dawn prayers. They killed ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Wednesday that Islamist groups in Burkina Faso have intensified their attacks on civilians ...

A Reuters analysis of data from U.S. crisis-monitoring group Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED) found that the ...

Jihadist groups have escalated their attacks on civilians, especially Christians, in recent months, reports the Human Rights ...

Having slipped undetected into Mali's capital weeks ago, the jihadis struck just before dawn prayers. They killed dozens of ...

Burkina Faso has been battling jihadist groups, including those linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS), since 2016.

Here’s what we know about the security situation in Sahel: Over the last decade, the region has been shaken by extremist ...