French and West African presidents launch Sahel force

Here's another French initiative the U.S. won't back France wants the Security Council to back an African force aimed at fighting Al-Qaeda and ISIS-linked groups in the Sahel.

Al-Qaeda has a strong grip on Africa’s Sahel region, but ISIS is seeking a foothold The EU is investing $56 million in a counter-terrorism force in a region awash with militant groups.

Al-Qaeda now has a united front in Africa’s troubled Sahel region Some of the groups were involved in the 2012 northern Mali uprising.

Al-Qaeda now has a united front in Africa’s troubled Sahel region Some of the groups were involved in the 2012 northern Mali uprising.

Fifty Shades, Sahel-style: Northern Nigeria's subversive love literature Informal publishing in Nigeria's conservative Muslim north

America may have unlocked a key to fighting terrorism — and it isn't drones The president announced the creation of the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund to build "a network of partnerships from South Asia to the Sahel."

Donors Aren't 'Fatigued,' They Just Can't Keep Up With Food Aid Demands: UN UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The head of the U.N. food agency said Tuesday the overwhelming humanitarian needs in crises from Syria, Yemen and Iraq to South Sudan and Africa's Sahel region are outstripping the

Terrible News For Climate Catastrophists: The Sahara is Getting Greener - Breitbart Good news: the Sahara desert is getting greener because of “climate change.” Climate change has achieved what Bob Geldof and Live Aid failed to do by ending the drought in the Sahel region of Africa that killed more than 100,000

Rich Smuggling Trade Fuels Deadly Migration Across Mediterranean European authorities are finding it difficult to combat an increasingly brazen, multi-million-dollar people-smuggling enterprise run by Libyan militias, tribesmen and bandits.