As jihadist violence spreads in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, Western influence wanes, and democracy fades into memory ...

The July coup that overthrew Niger’s democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum marks the latest setback for democracy and regional stability in the Sahel, a central-Saharan-desert region ...

The coup in Niger could boost the ability of Islamic extremists to recruit in the country, potentially increasing violence and further threatening the stability of Africa's Sahel region, a former ...

DAKAR, Senegal — The United States scrambled Sunday to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations in the Sahel after Niger’s junta said it was ending its years-long military ...

“What’s going on in Niger and the Sahel cannot be looked at continuously in a vacuum as we always do,” she said. “The United States government tends to operate with blinders on.

Niger was the West's last key ally in the central Sahel region south of the Sahara Desert until a July 26 coup brought in a military junta which called for France to leave. Sign up here.

US military operations across the Sahel are at risk after Niger ends cooperation The U.S. is scrambling to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations in the Sahel region of Africa after ...

Bamako hosted the first Alliance of Sahel States Games. Over 500 athletes from Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger competed in ...

An apparent military takeover has occurred in the African nation of Niger. It's a country struggling with grinding poverty and fighting back an Islamist insurgency. The U.S. denounced the coup and ...

For boosters of U.S. security interests in Africa, the past few days carried grim tidings. At the end of last week, the United States informed the coup-plotting leadership of Niger that it would ...

Again, the juntas of the Sahel region prove the case. Part of their justification for seizing power was that the civilian leaders — aided by troops from France and, in Niger, the United States ...