Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as of9 Alliance of Sahel States (AES) Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso leave ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, takes effect on ...

Suspected terrorists affiliated with Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin, JNIM, have launched a coordinated and deadly assault ...

This will happen on Wednesday, all three countries having ignored ECOWAS's call to extend the period by six months to try to ...

The Head of the European Union Delegation to Nigeria and Economic Community of West African States, Ambassador Gautier Mignot ...

Amid a decade-long push by African countries to abolish colonial-era wigs in judicial systems, posts have surfaced online ...

Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso, is the heartland of traditional textile weaving. Here, the streets are dotted ...

"The rise of junta rule in the Sahel represents a complex interplay between decolonization and destabilization." ...

Ibrahim Traore hits back at French president saying that African leaders had ‘forgotten to say thank you" to Paris for ...

Three trucks, one carrying a spare driver, disappeared as they drove without an escort from Dori in Burkina Faso to Tera in ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region against rising ...

The three countries will put their own common passport into circulation on Wednesday and have announced a unified army of 5,000 men.