Victor Angelo

Mali, a vast country and a mosaic of cultures, is just two steps from Europe and one step from collapsing as a state. Earlier this week, the...

New uncertainties next door in the Greater Sahel Victor Angelo   In 1990, the Chadian rebel leader Idriss Déby returned to the country...

In the Sahel, a lot of military and little politics Victor Angelo   The call came from Bamako. On the other end of the line was a form...

How about lunch in the Sahel? Victor Angelo   A few years ago, my wife and I were invited to an unusual Christmas lunch. The invitatio...

A ministerial meeting of the International Coalition for the Sahel was held on Friday, 12 June 2020 and co-chaired by Mauritania, the EU ...

Another link on the Sahel security situation: https://africacenter.org/spotlight/the-complex-and-growing-threat-of-militant-islamist-grou...

https://www.securityconference.de/en/media-library/munich-security-conference-2019/video/parallel-panel-discussion-security-in-the-sahel-tr...

Another day, another terrorist attack. This time the target is an international hotel in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. In the ...

Burkina Faso is one of the better educated countries in West Africa. And its population is young and dynamic. There is in addition a good ...

Besides other places, there is concern in Burkina Faso and Niger that Boko Haram and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, also known as AQMI, ...

We should celebrate every time a dictator falls because of popular demonstrations. In the end, dictatorship, abuse of power, human rights ...

Burkina Faso is a fascinating country in the Sahel. Its people are very dynamic. Many citizens, particularly the urban youth, are very wel...