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What’s next as ‘heavy-handed’ US negotiates pullout from Niger?
Al Jazeera· 16 hours agoThe United States is preparing to withdraw more than 1,000 military personnel from Niger, once a...
US losing ground to Russia in geopolitical battle over Africa
The Hill· 2 hours agoA forced withdrawal from Niger is a major setback for U.S. military as it fights against Islamic...
Russia is advancing through the Sahel, NATO's "southern flank."
Hardwood Paroxysm· 4 days agoThe latter is sponsored by the African Initiative, which, coincidentally, is also the name of a...
Mali Claims Death of Terrorist Who Helped Lead Deadly Ambush in Niger
New York Times· 1 day agoThe West African country said it killed Abu Huzeifa, a commander in an Islamic State affiliate who...
See the $36 billion Great Green Wall in Africa that's an attempt to hold back desertification
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 day agoCountries from Senegal to Djibouti are trying to regreen the semiarid Sahel bioclimate, a band...
US says it will return to Chad for talks to keep troops in the country
San Francisco Chronicle· 7 hours agoThis followed Niger's decision to order all U.S. troops out of the country, dealing a blow to U.S....
Gum arabic from Africa's acacia trees in the Sahel is used in hundreds of products: What's worth...
Phys.org· 1 day agoWhat is gum arabic? Acacia gum, commonly called gum arabic, is derived from certain kinds of acacia...
Tank Dell, Houston Texans, recovering from Florida shooting. Here are 16 NFL players who have been...
Florida Today via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoThis was why the NFL world was rocked when he was shot and killed by one mistress, Sahel "Jenni"...
Armed groups besieging towns in northeastern Mali driving residents, many children, to hunger
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoA humanitarian crisis is worsening in northeastern Mali where armed groups linked to Islamic State...
US to withdraw from Chad, Niger amid counterterrorism role questions
Military Times via Yahoo News· 6 days agoBoth African countries have been integral to the U.S. military’s efforts to counter violent...