Mali's main Islamist militant alliance has claimed responsibility for attacks two weeks ago on army bases that killed at least 40 troops in of one of the deadliest strikes on the country's armed forces...

VP Mike Pence calls upon Saudi Arabia, Eriteria, Mauritania and Pakistan to release religious dissidents.

The G5 Sahel force includes Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, Niger as well as Mali, and people in Bamako do not want its headquarters based there.

The foreign minister of Burkina Faso called Thursday on the international community to consider creating a counterterrorism coalition, like the ones for Iraq and Afghanistan, to better combat terrorism...

BP has awarded KBR Inc.?s UK operating subsidiary the pre-FEED services contract for phases 2 and 3 of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project offshore Senegal and Mauritania. ......

Qatar and Mauritania to join Arab economic summit, but Palestinian and Egyptian presidents pull out at the last minute.

Bamako, Mali (PANA) ? Youths from the cities of Kayes (Mali), Selibaby (Mauritania), Tambacounda (Senegal), Basse (Gambia), Gabou (Guinea Bissau) and Boke (Guinea Conakry) are taking part in the 29th e...

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The 5th Summit of the G5 Sahel Heads of State opened on Tuesday in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, in the presence of the Presidents of Burkina Faso, Mali...

New York, US (PANA) - More than 1.3 million children under five years of age in need of treatment for severe acute malnutrition across six Africa?s Sahel countries are expected to receive care in 2018....

The announcement comes as the UN-backed counterterrorism force, known as the G5 Sahel force, is meeting in Mauritania.