SOME journalists have been killed and others kidnapped as the Sahel region of Africa emerged a hostile zone for radio media practitioners over the past year. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said these ...

As jihadist violence escalates in the Sahel, the region faces a looming crisis, impacting both local stability and migration ...

Russia is taking over new gold mines in Africa, which Putin uses to finance the war against Ukraine. In Sudan, the Sudan ...

Global media rights watchdog RSF and over 500 local radio stations on Tuesday sounded the alarm on journalists based in Africa's volatile Sahel region, saying they were being killed, kidnapped or ...

Since their insurgency began, they have killed civilians as well as soldiers, government officials and U.N. peacekeeping forces.

The partnership between Russia’s space agency and the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger deepens these countries’ ...

In Africa, Russia has previously partnered with Angola to launch a telecommunications satellite. The satellite entered orbit in October 2022, and commercial services started in late January 2023. Mali ...

Mali's junta chief met top military officials to "adjust strategy", the presidency said Tuesday, after audacious jihadist ...

From the Chadian city of Mongo to the Soum province in Burkina Faso, over 500 community radio stations in the Sahel and ...

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have announced a deal with Russia which will see them acquire telecoms and surveillance ...

Having slipped undetected into Mali's capital weeks ago, the jihadis struck just before dawn prayers. It showed that jihadist ...

Mali’s military leader Asimi Goita has vowed to maintain operations against jihadist fighters after the al-Qaeda-linked JNIM group carried out a major attack in the capital, Bamako, severely denting ...