However, the term also tends to conflate JAS with the separate – and rival – Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP). Both groups are active in the Cameroon border region. Northern Cameroon is ...

ADRE, Chad -- Fatima Omas Abdullah wakes up every morning with aches and pains from sleeping on bare ground for almost two ...

The solar-powered camp will open next May and feature 10 tents, including two family units, each constructed of rammed-earth walls and insulated canvas roofs for natural climate control.

By: Bamigboye AbiodunIN recent years, the Sahel region of West Africa, stretching from Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger to parts of Chad and Guinea, has witnessed a growing wave of anti-imperialist ...

On World Refugee Day, displaced Africans face the worst conditions yet as conflict and disasters increase, aid plummets and ...

A six-month investigation by the Nation, in collaboration with Bellingcat, has uncovered Kenyan-branded ammunition in Sudan’s war-ravaged capital, Khartoum.

5 May 2025, Cameroon – In a significant effort to strengthen inclusive water governance across one of Africa’s most fragile regions, the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) and IUCN have released the ...

Islamic State West Africa Province ... have frustrated the insurgents' financing and access to capability-enhancing materials of this nature. ... Adebayo, Research Consultant, Lake Chad Basin, ISS.

The Lake Chad Basin lies in the Sahel, on the southern edge of the Sahara. The basin is enormous, covering 2.5 million square kilometers (965,255 square miles), or 8% of […] ...

Nature-based solutions (NBS) are gaining traction in Sub-Saharan Africa, with investment growing by approximately 15% annually since 2012. However, funding remains a fraction of what is needed to ...