As escalating conflicts draw in a growing number of actors and worsen the Sahel’s humanitarian crisis, a surge in destabilizing migration flows would be all but guaranteed. To avoid this outcome, the ...

Militaries that have taken power in Africa’s Sahel region – notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger – have put pressure on ...

Going on holiday can seem like an endless hunt for free wifi. After all, how else are you going to contact your Airbnb host ...

Toronto-listed Orezone Gold has announced its intention to fast track the expansion of its Bomboré mine, in Burkina Faso, ...

Nowhere is the trend towards resource nationalism more advanced than in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the heart of Africa’s ...

Around 20 people were killed in northern Mali when the vehicles they were travelling in came under attack earlier this week ...

Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United ...

Zamaraeva and Artem Kureev, the editor in chief of African Initiative, dispute the suggestion that “African Dawn” articulates ...

The World Bank’s latest policy note explores how Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) can be strengthened in conflict-prone areas ...

Niger is set to hold a national convention to map out its long-awaited political transition following the July 2023 coup that ...

It is thought to have become a major income stream for groups like Jama'at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), an al-Qaeda affiliate that is the most active jihadist group in Burkina Faso. It also ...