By Joe Penney Governments across West Africa have implemented emergency measures to fight a second wave of coronavirus as cases climb. West African states have avoided...

By Alpha Diallo After five years of near constant terrorist attacks, the President of Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, was re-elected for a second five-year...

By M. A. Diallo Malian media organizations denounced what they described as a government crackdown on the press and freedom of expression in a press...

Illustration by Ngadi Smart To honor the #EndSARS movement, Sahelien.com has solicited stories of encounters with Nigerian police, and commissioned artist Ngadi Smart to illustrate...

Facebook announced on Tuesday that it had dismantled a French military disinformation campaign targeting Mali, Central African Republic and other countries, as well as...

By M. A. Diallo The National Union of Workers of Mali (UNTM) launched a nationwide strike on Monday, December 14, 2020 and will continue until...

Directed by Ousmane Samassékou “The Forgotten Ones” follows Sory Kondo, a young Malian journalist working for the news website Sahelien.com. Told he cannot to reach...

By Baba Dakono As part of Sahelien.com’s commitment to peace, transparency, and justice in the Sahel region, over the past two years our team has...

By Elimane Ndao Senegal will launch its Covid-19 vaccination campaign by March 2021, according to Elhadj Mamadou Ndiaye, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health. "Senegal has...

By Omar H. Saley The Nigerien government announced it would close all schools from December 17, 2020 to January 1, 2021 to fight the rising...