Sahel Insurgency

Sahel Insurgency accounts for 0.008% of all global news coverage monitored by GDELT as of June 30, 2026 (9 matched articles/day). The average tone of this coverage is -1.30 — mildly negative.

Coverage of jihadist insurgencies and military-government responses across Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger.

Data updated: · refreshed hourly from GDELT

Coverage share
0.008%
of monitored articles
Articles / day
9
matched by GDELT
Week over week
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-1.30
mildly negative

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Sahel Insurgency coverage volume: 6 days, latest 0.01% on 2026-06-300.000.030.05Jun 25Jun 26Jun 27Jun 28Jun 29Jun 30

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Sahel Insurgency coverage tone: 6 days, latest tone -1.30 on 2026-06-30+50-5Jun 25Jun 26Jun 27Jun 28Jun 29Jun 30

Top recent articles

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Frequently asked questions

How much news coverage is Sahel Insurgency receiving right now?
As of June 30, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0.008% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 9 articles per day.
What is the tone of news coverage about Sahel Insurgency?
The average GDELT tone of matching coverage is -1.30, which reads as mildly negative. Tone typically ranges from about -10 (very negative) to +10 (very positive).
How are these numbers measured?
Geotone queries the GDELT Project's DOC 2.0 API hourly, aggregates article counts and tone by UTC day, and stores the daily series. Coverage volume is the share of all GDELT-monitored articles matching the topic query; tone is the mean document tone. Full details are on the methodology page.

Methodology: coverage share and tone are computed from the GDELT DOC 2.0 API and aggregated to UTC days — see how every number is computed. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).