Financed by the African Development Fund, the project will allow the Governments of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger – which make up the G5 Sahel regional cooperation and coordination ...

On May 15, 2022, the military junta in Mali announced that it would no longer be part of the G5 Sahel platform. The G5 Sahel was created in Nouakchott, Mauritania, in 2014, and brought together the ...

The European Union announced an extra 50 million euros ($61 million) for the G5 Sahel force at talks with heads of state from Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, adding to around 280 ...

Mauritania's President and African Union chairman Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz addresses a news conference during the closing ceremony of the 22nd Ordinary Session of the African Union summit in Ethiopia's ...

The recent spread of terrorism and violent extremism, uncontrolled transnational organized crime and illicit cross-border trafficking in drugs, arms and people, as well as lack of good governance and ...

INTERPOL Secretary General Stock and G5S Permanent Secretary Sidikou discuss the agreement. Photo by INTERPOL The heads of INTERPOL and the G5 Sahel have signed an agreement which will see increased ...

The United States donated more than $8 million in military equipment to Niger in a ceremony Aug. 5. The equipment will aid the West African nation and its G5 Sahel Joint Force partners in the fight ...

This UNCCT project, focusing on Strengthening Rule of Law-Based Criminal Justice Measures and Related Operational Measures against Terrorism and Violent Extremism, runs in the Sahel region. The ...

Leylatou Saïdou Daoura Bosch Research Fellow, ISS Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel Rahinatou Leïla Salia Bosch Research Fellow, ISS Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel The ...