The Sahel, a semiarid region in Africa south of the Sahara Desert, has long been a focal point and an environmental issue .

Governments seeking more revenue from mines operated by Australian, Canadian and French companies Imouraren Mana The Barron's news department was not involved in the creation of the content above.

Earlier this month, soldiers swooped by helicopter into a vast mining complex in western Mali and made away with three tonnes of gold -- all done on the orders of the military government.

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has appointed a former national security chief as envoy to the alliance formed by Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, signalling his administration's intention to mend ...

France’s military and exploitative economic strangleholds were expelled from the African continent through actions in Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso where military coups have been responsible for regime ch ...

Last year saw more than 3 400 terror attacks in Africa with a fatality count in excess of 13 900, the United Nations Security ...

The junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region against rising extremist violence, Niger’s ...

The international community cannot hope to resolve the threat of terrorism if it fails to identify and address its true perpetrators, Rwanda's foreign minister Amb Olivier Nduhungirehe stressed during ...

Pakistan stands ready to share its counter-terrorism expertise with African partners and assist in establishing institutional ...

European banks are on the up and up. And President Donald Trump has thrown spikes on the road for US climate policy. Plus, mining companies in Africa’s Sahel region are being targeted. Aanu Adeoye ...

Assimi Goita, president of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), announced in a statement on Thursday the launch of the AES confederation passport, set to be issued in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger ...