has commenced vote counting in its first presidential election since a series of coups shook Africa's Sahel has commenced vote counting in its first presidential election since a series of coups shook Africa's Sahel

The threat from Islamist groups in the Sahel region remains a significant concern, as the U.S. adapts The threat from Islamist groups in the Sahel region remains a significant concern, as the U.S. adapts

Mali is not just another hotspot in the Sahel; it has become the geopolitical litmus test for new-age Justice & Crime Russia’s Sahel Role Tested as Mali Attacks Shake Stability . Civil Society WHY Mali Defence Minister’s Killing Deepens Sahel Crisis . ADVERTISEMENT Related Articles Kidnapping Incidents WHY Sahel kidnappings of foreigners surged in 2025

The crisis also carries wider Sahel implications. The crisis also carries wider Sahel implications.

Footage from Tele Sahel showed extensive oil spill damage in Niger's southern Zinder region. Footage from Tele Sahel showed extensive oil spill damage in Niger's southern Zinder region.

interred in Bamako, Mali, where he had served as the African Union's special envoy to Mali and the Sahel interred in Bamako, Mali, where he had served as the African Union's special envoy to Mali and the Sahel

Unlike France, whose influence has collapsed in the Sahel and the Great Lakes due to duplicity and political Unlike France, whose influence has collapsed in the Sahel and the Great Lakes due to duplicity and political With Paris sidelined in the Sahel and distrusted in the Great Lakes, Brussels now sees an opening to

For regions like the Sahel, adapting to a warming world is not just a policy option; it is a survival For regions like the Sahel, adapting to a warming world is not just a policy option; it is a survival

in Burkina Faso’s internal affairs and supporting armed groups that have been wreaking havoc in the Sahel in Burkina Faso’s internal affairs and supporting armed groups that have been wreaking havoc in the Sahel

particularly in regions affected by instability, including Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Sahel particularly in regions affected by instability, including Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Sahel

Macron defended France’s former Sahel military presence, saying French forces had been invited to fight Macron defended France’s former Sahel military presence, saying French forces had been invited to fight

was strengthening its defence capabilities while facing a changing security environment across the Sahel was strengthening its defence capabilities while facing a changing security environment across the Sahel Senegal did not face the same level of militant violence as parts of the central Sahel, but the regional XTRAfrica’s earlier account of the formation of the Alliance of Sahel States provides the background XTRAfrica has documented how kidnappings and militant activity increased across parts of the Sahel ,