Beneath the ideological bluster, Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is just the latest in a long line of African martial impostors ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has expressed hope that member states of the Alliance of Sahel States ...

Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali have formed an alternative, the Alliance of Sahel States. The Conversation Africa asked ...

The advancing tide of Islamist extremism has prompted the rise of pro-government militias. The result has been a vicious ...

Lartey, Ghana’s new key liaison to the Alliance of Sahel States, sits down with The Africa Report to discuss how to be a good ...

China's first ever defence attache to Niger, Colonel-Major Chen Xuming, was welcomed earlier this month at a reception held ...

Russia's goal, according to Constantin Gouvy of the Clingendael Institute, is to replace Western powers such as France as the ...

In the Sahel, human rights defenders are being targeted more than ever by the various states, while civic space is ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), comprising Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, has officially unveiled its federation flag, ...

Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United ...

Nigeria’s Chief of the Air Staff, CAS, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, says the withdrawal of the Alliance of Sahel States from ...

Cardinal Pietro Cardinal Parolin has praised authorities in Burkina Faso for their effort to regain control of the country, ...