Since the launch of the G5 counter-terrorism task force by Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad, Algeria has shown little if no support for ...
Africa has 310 GW renewable energy potential
The African continent’s renewable energies potential is estimated at 310 Giga-Watts (GW), an expert from the African Development Bank (AfDB) said on T...
Sahel: European Commission Announces a €191.3 million Humanitarian Aid Package
As the Sahel region experiences its worst food and nutrition crisis in five years and continued insecurity, the European Commission has announced Tues...
Famine Threatens over 6 Million People in Sahel
Nearly 6 million people are struggling to meet their daily food needs as malnutrition affects more than a million children. The food crisis has alarme...
Terrorist Groups Wreak Havoc in Sahel despite Presence of Counter-terrorism Forces
Weak states, porous borders and trafficking activities turned the Sahel into a safe heaven for terrorist groups. The terrorist attack on April 14 in T...
UN Resets Strategy to Address Root Causes of Sahel Crisis
The UN announced that it has revamped its Sahel strategy to better tackle the root causes of the crisis in a region beset by insecurity, climate chang...
Sahel Countries Keep Algeria out of Security Meeting
Sahel countries have convened a security meeting on March 16 to which Algeria was unsurprisingly not invited. Analysts see that in sidelining Algeria,...
Algeria, Incapable of Protecting its Borders- HS Jane’s
Despite spending billions of dollars to reinforce border security, Algeria remains incapable of securing its large desert borders where terrorist and ...
Morocco Warns of Connivance between Terrorist & Organized Crime Groups in Sahel
Morocco is looking carefully to the situation in the Sahel where terrorists are increasingly resorting to organized crime and trafficking to fund thei...
Al Qaeda Resurrects from the Ruins of ISIS
The surge of terrorist attacks by Al Qaeda offshoots in the Sahel, Yemen, Libya and Afghanistan point to a frightening reality of a global terrorist g...