Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have officially withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), following months of tense relati ...

The exit of the three Sahelian states thus provides a unique and rare opportunity for ECOWAS to develop without their baggage.

The families of four Moroccan truck drivers who vanished near the Burkina Faso-Niger border have issued an urgent plea to the Moroccan authorities, requesting immediate action to locate their missing ...

Islamic State in the Greater Sahara militants attacked a military base in Niger, killing at least 46 soldiers. On Saturday, a tragic attack took place at a Nigerien military base in Iknewane, near the ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request in 2013, France has given up most of its military footprint across west ...

Danso, security and international relations expert, says the exit of three junta-led states from the West Africa bloc would ...

Two former company executives with inside knowledge of Barrick Gold's operations in West Africa are helping to push Mali's demands for a payment of around $200 million from the Canadian miner, sources ...

For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, secured a rare interview with a leader of JNIM, ...

He Minister designate for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has described the government’s Operation Recover All Loot ...

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has revealed the match schedule for the 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of ...

Senegal: The westernmost country in West Africa announced in November 2024 that France “should” close its military bases (home to 350 soldiers) by the end of 2025. Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire): A ...