Sahel Insurgency

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Emotional signature

Anxiety-related words per 1,000 words of matching English-language coverage (LIWC dictionaries via GDELT's GCAM). Latest day: 0 anxiety · 35 anger · 15.9 positive emotion. Tone says whether coverage reads negative; these say what kind of negative.

Where this coverage comes from

Share of matching coverage, from GDELT breakdowns (as of 2026-10-01). Tone split: 100% of articles read distinctly negative, 0% distinctly positive.

In focus by country

• Mali (85)
• Nigeria (27)
• Russia (19)
• Niger (19)

Countries where Sahel Insurgency coverage concentrates — each links to the stories and headlines for that intersection.

Reader interest (Wikipedia)

Daily human pageviews of the topic's English Wikipedia article (Wikimedia Analytics). Coverage measures what the press supplies; this measures what readers seek out. Week-over-week: coverage -38.9%, reader interest +14.2% — supply and demand are diverging.

Top recent articles

1. Sankara Cinq ans au cœur de lanti - impérialisme africain — afrique-asie.fr
2. Troops neutralise 16 terrorists , rescue 10 prospective corps members — premiumtimesng.com
3. Nigeria : Atiku Tackles Tinubu , Queries How N750bn Was Transferred to 10m Nigerians Who Had No Telephone — allafrica.com
4. He With Her ! Bloomberg Media Empire , Billions to Back Clinton — newsbusters.org
5. What life under U . S . sanctions looks like for one ICC judge — ijpr.org
6. Troops rescue 10 NYSC members , kill 16 terrorists , recover weapons — pmnewsnigeria.com
7. What life under U . S . sanctions looks like for one ICC judge — klcc.org
8. Troops rescue 10 prospective corps members abducted in Imo — vanguardngr.com
9. انتخابات التجديد النصفي الأمريكية وتداعياتها على الأسواق — albayan.ae
10. ICC judge on what U . S . sanctions mean for her and global courts : NPR — npr.org
11. What life under U . S . sanctions looks like for one ICC judge — wknofm.org
12. What life under U . S . sanctions looks like for one ICC judge — kasu.org
13. Burkina Faso military leaders mark four years in power — africanews.com
14. West African to pay out half of profits , but warns of unrest — miningmx.com
15. Burkina Faso : Exiled Burkina Publisher Tells RFI of Repression and Fear Four Years After Coup — allafrica.com
16. ActuNiger | Niger : à la tribune de lONU , le PM Lamine Zeine accuse Paris et Kiev de nouvelle tentative de déstabilisation , à partir du nord - est du pays — actuniger.com
17. Mali : Vers un enlisement de lAfrica Corps ? — fratmat.info
18. Three vigilantes feared killed in Kebbi - Niger border attack — punchng.com
19. Un milione di bambini recita il Rosario : la preghiera con Leone XIV — interris.it
20. MLB ／ 哈波外野漏接 ！ 下局秒隨舒瓦伯背靠背炸裂 費城人逆轉勇士逼出G3 | 運動 — setn.com
21. Tunisie : LUSM prépare le déplacement de Bizerte - Des raisons despérer — fr.allafrica.com
22. Mali has taken its case against Ukraine to the UN . What is behind it ? — europesun.com
23. Mali has taken its case against Ukraine to the UN . What is behind it ? — kenyastar.com
24. Mali has taken its case against Ukraine to the UN . What is behind it — kenyastar.com
25. La lesión de Diarra pone a prueba el fondo de armario por un puesto en la medular del Córdoba CF — abc.es
26. LUSM prépare le déplacement de Bizerte : Des raisons despérer — lapresse.tn
27. Mali has taken its case against Ukraine to the UN . What is behind it — africaleader.com
28. الرباط مصدومة من خيبة الأمل الأمريكية ... بقلم السفير السابق عمار بلاني — mansheet.net
29. Mali has taken its case against Ukraine to the UN . What is behind it ? — nigeriasun.com
30. Mali has taken its case against Ukraine to the UN . What is behind it — nigeriasun.com
31. Mali has taken its case against Ukraine to the UN . What is behind it — greekherald.com
32. Declaración ante los incendios que se vienen produciendo en asentamientos de trabajadores del campo migrantes en Huelva — tercerainformacion.es
33. Exiled Burkina publisher tells RFI of repression and fear four years after coup — aol.co.uk
34. Море без трайни господари — manager.bg
35. Mali army and Russian fighters accused of killing dozens of civilians — sierraleonetimes.com
36. Mali: embuscade meurtrière des jihadistes du Jnim à Niono contre l'Africa Corps russe — pressafrik.com
37. Reps hail DHQ as troops rescue many abductees , kill terrorist commanders – Daily Trust — dailytrust.com
38. Mali: Embuscade meurtrière des jihadistes du Jnim à Niono contre l'Africa Corps russe — allafrica.com
39. На данашњи дан 1876 . рођен Милан Ракић ; 1941 . Немци више хиљада становника Шапца гонили до села Јарак при чему су путем многи убијани ; 1998 . у нападима терориста „ ОВК на граничаре карауле Кошаре погинуло шест војника ВЈ — nspm.rs
40. Nigeria : Troops Rescues 46 Kidnapped Victims , Neutralises Suspected Militia Member — allafrica.com

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Frequently asked questions

How much news coverage is Sahel Insurgency receiving right now?

As of October 1, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 1 articles per day.

Is media coverage of Sahel Insurgency increasing or decreasing?

Coverage is down 38.9% week-over-week (the mean of the latest 7 days compared with the 7 days before).

What is the tone of news coverage about Sahel Insurgency?

The average GDELT tone of matching coverage is -7.98, which reads as strongly negative. Tone typically ranges from about -10 (very negative) to +10 (very positive).

How are these numbers measured?

Geotone processes the GDELT Project's 15-minute data files every three hours, matching this topic's fixed query against article titles across 65+ languages and aggregating counts and tone by UTC day. 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.