Sahel Instability & Coups — live news & updates

Updated 03:32 UTC, Nov 7, 2026

Coups, jihadist insurgency and shifting alliances across Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and the wider Sahel.

The situation now

Burkina Faso is rated Severe (51/100) on WARNPOINT’s live instability index, with 24+ related reports in the last 24 hours. Latest: “Onion price surge hits households” (Daily Trust).

Countries involved

Latest Sahel Instability & Coups headlines

• Onion price surge hits households
  DAILY TRUST25m ago
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  VANGUARD26m ago
• ‎Protest as Niger Residents reject alleged move to Adopt Abuja
  DAILY TRUST29m ago
• Heatwave: ‘How you can protect yourself’
  DAILY TRUST31m ago
• 2027: Why trusted voices beat ethnic rhetoric in 2023
  DAILY TRUST32m ago
• Nasarawa village, where residents enjoy 24-hour electricity
  DAILY TRUST34m ago
• Flamingos one step from historic World title
  DAILY TRUST36m ago
• Tinubu to Nigerians: ‘I promise better future’
  VANGUARD37m ago
• Reasons for Nigeria’s near-total absence from CAF Awards
  DAILY TRUST37m ago
• The Nigerian Scapegoat
  DAILY TRUST40m ago
• I abandoned my PhD in Nigeria after three days in kidnappers’ den — UK-based researcher
  PUNCH1h ago
• How I turned cocoa farm waste into water purification solution — UNIMED graduate
  PUNCH1h ago
• Nigerians in tough clashes across Europe
  PUNCH1h ago
• Australian singer Nishka set for Nigerian debut
  PUNCH2h ago
• I missed lucrative gigs to earn master’s degree – Mr Macaroni
  PUNCH2h ago
• Nigerians should think twice before relocating abroad – UK defence official
  PUNCH2h ago
• Nigerian teen jailed four years for dummy gun robbery
  PUNCH2h ago
• Four Nigerians nabbed in India drug raids
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• Emergency care: Doctors reject jail bill, threaten nationwide strike
  PUNCH2h ago
• Nigerian wins US fellowship
  PUNCH2h ago
• Three Benue hawkers nabbed as herbal mixture kills three
  PUNCH2h ago
• Tinubu mocks Obi over Anambra erosion
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• Pastors’ marital woes spark divorce debate
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• Two policemen detained over Osun hostel invasion
  PUNCH2h ago

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