More: Sahel
France in Africa: Enough is Enough
“We can be proud of our army; whose modernization is now effective. It is in this context that we have decided on the concerted...
The Alliance of Sahel States: The Road towards Nationalization
Burkina Faso's President Ibrahim Traore said, "We are going to get our mining licenses back, and we are going to mine it ourselves."
On 4th...
The stakes of the new crisis between Algeria and the AES regimes
On the night of March 31 to April 1, 2025, the Algerian Ministry of Defense announced that it had shot down a Turkish Bayraktar...
Will the World Finally Dare to Confront the Polisario Threat?
As hybrid threats escalate across the Maghreb and the Sahel, the world can no longer afford to consider the Polisario Front as a benign...
Why Does Daesh in the Sahel Consider Morocco a Key Target?
Morocco, located at the crossroads of Africa, Europe, and the Arab world, plays a vital geostrategic role as a cornerstone of regional stability. However,...
Alliance of Sahel States Stepping Forward With Common Economic and Security Aspirations
On January 29, 2025, within rapidly geopolitical changes in West African region, three landlocked countries namely Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, members of the...
Revisiting US-Morocco partnership: Security and development approach in the Sahel region
The US President-elect Donald Trump’s administration might be currently busy aligning foreign policy teams to deal with the wars raging in Ukraine and Gaza...
Security and economic woes plague West Africa, as key elections loom
West Africa and the Sahel continue to grapple with a confluence of political, security and humanitarian crises as countries prepares for pivotal elections in...
Why Pastoralism Matters More Than Ever for the Sahel and West Africa’s Future
Authors: Mohamed Ould El-Ghazaouani, Mahamat Idriss Déby, Ousmane Diagana*
Today, more than ever, we must turn our attention to pastoralism across the Sahel and West...
Conflict in Sudan and impacts in Darfur
Authors: Kelvin Benny and Amit Binesh*
Abstract: Located in the crossroads of civilizations, the region of Darfur marks the transition from the Sahara to Sahel....