The Sahel region of Africa is the "epicentre of global terrorism" and now, for the first time, accounts for "over half of all terrorism-related deaths", according to the Global Terrorism Index ...

A new report describes the Sahel region of Africa, a million mile band that runs through Mauritania to Sudan, as "the epicenter of global terrorism." We examine those findings.

Research analyses the region’s evolving politics, conflict dynamics, foreign investment and resource governance. Key areas of research on the Horn of Africa include work supporting the emergence of ...