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

Many historic buildings in Senegal's ever-expanding capital are becoming victims either to the march of modernisation or the ...

The scheduled protests in Abidjan and Dakar symbolize a new chapter in France’s strategy to destabilize the Sahel. As the Alliance of Sahel States countries pursue regional sovereignty and ...

Ivory Coast became the latest African nation to expel French troops, taking control of the last remaining French military ...

Could deteriorating diplomatic ties between France and the Sahel nations have consequences for the common currency used by ...

Supporting drought-stricken populations in the Sahel The pontifical foundation was established in 1984 by Pope St. John Paul ...

As The Washington Post’s West Africa bureau chief based in Senegal, I’ve reported from nine countries across the Sahel over the past 2½ years. I’ve covered three coups, the arrival of ...