Algeria and Mali banned flights to and from each other's airspace, their governments said on Monday, amid an escalating ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), comprising Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, has escalated diplomatic tensions with Algeria ...

Relations between Algeria and the military alliance of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have plunged to historic lows as the two ...

A military alliance between Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger has withdrawn their respective ambassadors from Algeria in response ...

Share There is growing concern about reports that weapons supplied to Ukraine in its war with Russia are ending up in Africa. These reports, although disputed, highlight the risks of arms trafficking ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to inform the report on older persons in armed conflict and ...

As the Sahel edges deeper into crisis and global alliances shift, Israel is quietly expanding its focus on West Africa. In ...

Since mid-February 2025, competing terrorist factions branching off from the Boko Haram organization have engaged in a new wave of armed conflict, just two weeks after the failure of an ...

Climate change does not directly lead to more terrorism in the Central Sahel. Rather, factors associated with climate change appear to be a catalyst for localised conflicts, mainly driven by ...

Djiby Sow Senior Researcher, ISS Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel Fahiraman Rodrigue Koné Project Manager, Sahel, ISS Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel Climate change does not ...

Local populations feel the effects of climate change, but new research shows only indirect links to violent extremism. Climate change does not directly lead to more terrorism in the Central Sahel.

Climate change does not directly lead to more terrorism in the Central Sahel. Rather, factors associated with climate change appear to be a catalyst for localised conflicts, mainly driven by ...