UN warns of escalating ISIS terror threat across Africa, especially in the volatile Sahel region where attacks have surged amid security vacuums.



UN Alarm: ISIS Threat Rises Globally, Sahel 'Urgent'

The United States, China and Russia are competing for control and influence in the Sahel region, as geopolitical rivalry intensifies. Washington is seeking to edge out both Russia and China in the strategic belt, where security cooperation, resources and political alignment have become key battlegrounds.


Africa: America and Russia Jostle for Influence in the Sahel | WION

With secessionist tendencies in the alliance of Sahel states, double-digit inflation in Ghana and Nigeria, and public debt reaching record levels, the currency of the economic community of West African states doesn’t look likely to enter circulation in 2027 as planned...And now the bloc is seeking funds to establish a 5,000-strong security force to combat terrorism.

Ecowas facing a deep financial crunch

Chadians go to the polls on Monday three years after their military leader seized power, in the first presidential election in Africa’s Sahel region since a wave of coups. Watch in for more details!

Chad votes in first Sahel presidential poll since wave of coups

Explained | Military-ruled former French colonies forge NATO-style Alliance of Sahel States

Explained | Where is Sahel region exactly and what's the trouble there

West African Regional bloc ECOWAS issued an ultimatum of one week to the military junta that took power in Niger earlier this week to return the country to constitutional normality. Similar scenes had played out in Mali and Burkina Faso, two of Niger’s neighbours, in recent years. A so-called “coup belt” of countries run by juntas and racked by conflict now stretches all the way from Mali in the west through the Central African Republic and Sudan in the east. Despite sanctions from regional blocs, what can save this region from further turmoil? WION's Eric Njoka talks to Dr. Oluwole Ojewale, security expert and regional coordinator for Central Africa at the institute for security studies in Dakar, Senegal.

Niger upheaval extends coup belt across Sahel

Every day, hundreds of people make the treacherous journey across volatile borders, to escape some of the problems they face in their home countries. Case in point, Somalia where thousands flee the war into neighbouring Kenya and Uganda. Now migrants in the Sahel are finding themselves in the same conundrum as the Somalis.

Refugees, migrants recount horror | World of Africa

US a better partner than Russia in Sahel region: Anthony Blinken

Mali accuses France of arming Islamic terrorists seeking to destabilise nation

A military operation was held in Mali's Sahel amid the ongoing unrest. Army said at least 203 militants were killed in the operation.

Military operation held in Mali's Sahel, Army says at least 203 militants killed

French forces kill Islamic State leader in Greater Sahara

France kills Al Qaeda leader in Sahel region of Africa

Macron announces major troop drawdown from Sahel region in Africa

United Nations' World Food Programme has warned people across Burkina Faso, Mali & Niger will face catastrophic levels of hunger if the international community fails to act soon.

World Food Programme appeals for access as famine appears in Sahel

Over 9 million facing food shortages in African Sahel: Sources

Thirteen French soldiers fighting jihadists in Mali killed in helicopter crash

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