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

For well over a decade, jihadist violence has plagued the Sahel, a semi-arid belt stretching along the Sahara desert's ...

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Beijing’s backing of Niger’s military junta is not an isolated policy. In the Sahel – a semi-arid region south of the Sahara desert – China is also supporting the military juntas of ...

The European Union has donated €50m worth of non-lethal military equipment to Ghana to bolster its security forces as ...

In military junta-led Niger, a commission recommended a five-year transition to democratic rule. The junta's initial ...

A national committee to chart Niger's future proposed Thursday that the junta-ruled country return to civilian administration ...

Niger’s National Conference has submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition period during which the current military government will stay in power ...

NIAMEY, Niger — As Islamist extremist groups have wrested large swaths of territory from government control in the Sahel, young men have streamed into their ranks, often compelled more by ...

“The Sahel is a hotspot for terrorism and extremism ... dismissed the military juntas in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso as “illegitimate dictatorships” and called for sustained pressure ...

A sign for the Alliance of Sahel States is seen in Niamey, Niger, in February 2024. And as the dictators, militants and Russians press forward, the United States has seen its influence in this ...

Besides armed groups, international organisations have to work around the restrictions imposed by many Sahel governments. Since taking power in military coups, the juntas ruling Niger, Mali and ...