This battle can be won': desert expert reveals how China's technology, funding and strategies aid ambitious environmental ...

In the Sahel - a semi-arid region south of the Sahara desert - China is also supporting the military juntas of neighbouring Burkina Faso and Mali to help them strengthen their armed forces.

Russian foreign influence is slowly encroaching on the Sahel’s people, governments, and defensive mechanisms. Though ...

Africa has long been a continent of vast natural wealth, yet today, it is at the center of an economic power struggle that ...

LONDON - Africa’s Sahel region is enduring a period of rapid change - and deepening instability. Military juntas in Mali, ...

Sahel governments have pivoted away from Western allies, such as France and the US, towards China and Russia for support in tackling militants. "Right now we're seeing that Russia is taking more ...

Terrorism in the Sahel has increased significantly, with deaths rising nearly tenfold since 2019, according to the Global ...

In the Sahel – a semi-arid region south of the Sahara desert – China is also supporting the military juntas of neighbouring Burkina Faso and Mali to help them strengthen their armed forces.

The Sahel region of Africa is the "epicentre of global terrorism" and now, for the first time, accounts for "over half of all ...

Beijing's backing of Niger's military junta is not an isolated policy. In the Sahel - a semi-arid region south of the Sahara desert - China is also supporting the military juntas of neighbouring ...