In all these countries, the biggest foreign population is Nigeria. So, Nigeria will need to strengthen our cultural ties, and ...

With France fast losing its influence in west Africa's Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China fill the vacuum?

With France fast losing its influence in west Africa's Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China fill the vacuum?The Sahel region covers 10 countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, ...

China stands a good chance of taking advantage of the dwindling western presence in the Sahel region of west Africa.

In 2013, it launched Operation Serval in Mali, replaced in 2014 by Operation Barkhane in partnership with the G5 Sahel countries, namely Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, an alliance ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home. Since 1950, we have faced multiple ...

Cultivated in over 100 countries, cotton is not only essential for global trade, but also for the livelihoods of millions, particularly in developing regions. However, the cotton-to-clothing value ...

While the authorities exploiting impunity may not bear much reputational, legal, or financial cost, the burden on citizens is heavy. Instability wrought by impunity frequently spills across borders, ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

The defense chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries excluding Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea and Niger, pose for a group photo during their ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...

The handover of the last French military base in Chad and the Sahel marks a loss of influence for Paris and European ...