Attacks by Islamic extremists are rampant in Africa's Sahel. Here's ...
Sep 22, 2024 · DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Extremist attacks in Sahel, an arid swath of land south of the Sahara in Africa, have proliferated in recent months: Last week, Islamic militants attacked Bamako, the capital of Mali, for the first time in almost a decade, demonstrating their capacity to carry out large scale assaults.
Terrorism and organized crime rampant in Sahel ... - Associated Press News
Jul 13, 2024 · UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Terrorism and organized crime by violent extremist groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State are a “pervasive threat” in Africa’s volatile Sahel region and are spilling over to West Africa’s coastal countries, the …
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso sign Sahel security pact
BAMAKO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, three West African Sahel nations ruled by military juntas, signed a security pact on Saturday promising to come to the aid of each other...
Sahel jihadists: West Africa faces up to policing its terror triangle - BBC
Sep 3, 2021 · Defence ministers from the G5 Sahel countries - Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger - are planning more joint military operations and greater "hearts and minds" engagement.
Sahel security crisis ‘poses a global threat’, Guterres warns | UN News
Sep 22, 2022 · Rising insecurity, including the proliferation of terrorist and other non-State armed groups, coupled with political instability, is creating a crisis in the Sahel that poses a “global threat”,...
A newly formed alliance between coup-hit countries in Africa’s Sahel …
Nov 24, 2023 · Three West African nations led by military juntas met this week to strengthen a newly formed alliance described by some analysts on Friday as an attempt to legitimize their military governments amid coup-related sanctions and strained relations with neighbors.
Security situation in Sahel remains very worrying, Security ... - UN News
The security situation in the Sahel remains very worrying and the spiralling crisis in Sudan is an additional source of concern, a senior UN official warned the Security Council on Tuesday.
West Africa's Islamist insurgency: Fight at a critical stage - BBC
Jun 3, 2021 · The multinational effort to stave off an encroaching takeover by extremists in the part of Africa known as the Sahel is facing severe challenges.
Niger coup makes the troubled Sahel region yet more fragile - BBC
Niger was one of the few democracies left in the Sahel belt which stretches across the continent. But now that the army has seized power, there are concerns over what this means for the troubled...
UNICEF reports surge in violence against children in Africa ... - UN News
May 29, 2024 · Violence against children in the central Sahel region of Africa surged dramatically in the last quarter of 2023, skyrocketing by 70 per cent over the previous three months, the UN Children’s Fund...