This group began as a localised insurgency in the northern provinces of Burkina Faso, under the leadership of Malam Ibrahim Dicko. Dicko was a Peul commander linked to Ansar al-Din who was arrested by ...

Africa's Sahel region accounts for more than half of terror-related killings, a new reports says. Three men tell the BBC they have crossed the border multiple times to fight the military.

The Sahel region of Africa is the "epicentre of ... "Their work is to train and support the local armies to be able to counter the insurgency in the region, but so far it hasn't been effective." ...