A political mission sent to Guinea-Bissau by West Africa's regional bloc to resolve an electoral dispute has left the country.

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 ...

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

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

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 ...