Three junta-ruled countries in Africa's Sahel region will join forces to create a 5,000-strong unit to fight the jihadist violence that has for years plagued the nations.

A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled ...

Three junta-ruled countries in Africa's Sahel region will join forces to create a 5,000-strong unit to fight the jihadist violence that has for years plagued the nations, officials said on Tuesday.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A rebel alliance in Mali said Tuesday it has freed a Spanish man who was kidnapped in southern Algeria ...

Vasily Nebenzya also referenced reports from African states and European security agencies about weapons supplied by Western countries to Ukraine ending up in the hands of criminal and terrorist group ...

A coalition of separatists in Mali, the Azawad Liberation Front, on Tuesday said it had freed a Spanish national kidnapped by ...

A rebel alliance in Mali has freed a Spanish man kidnapped in southern Algeria, with plans to hand him over to authorities ...

Separatist rebels in northern Mali have said that a Spanish national kidnapped days earlier between Algeria and Mali has been freed thanks to their "intervention" and is in good health under their ...

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has appointed a former national security chief to mend ties with Niger, Mali, and ...

Ghana President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday appointed a former national security chief as envoy to a new alliance formed ...

BAMAKO, Mali -- A rebel alliance in Mali said Tuesday it has freed a Spanish man who was kidnapped in southern Algeria last week. The Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a coalition of separatist armed ...

Togo, West Africa’s third smallest country by landmass, might join the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), which includes ...