The Lake Chad region has been repeatedly attacked by militant groups, including Islamic State in West Africa and Boko Haram ... whose vast desert north is crossed by migrants and traffickers.

The initiative will look to increase the amount of arable land in the region bordering Africa’s Sahara Desert known as the ... Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso ...

The Lake Chad region has been repeatedly attacked by militant groups, including Islamic State in West Africa and Boko Haram ... whose vast desert north is reportedly crossed by migrants and ...

Sudan’s civil war threatens to escalate into a regional conflict after a top Sudanese general threatened to target Chad’s ...

In a decisive blow to insurgents, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has conducted a precision airstrike on an Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) enclave in Jubillaram, Lake Chad, killing scores ...

Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa’s Lake Chad region as it seeks ... whose vast desert north is crossed by migrants and traffickers.