The military-led nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger officially withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) on January 29. They had announced their intention to leave one ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

If the collapse of EAC, and now ECOWAS, teaches us anything, it is that the greatest risk to regional blocs is men in uniform ...

The M23 rebel group rsquo;s assault on the Democratic Republic of the Congo rsquo;s eastern city of Goma has brought familiar dangers for Congolese journalists, who for y ...

Widely seen as West Africa’s leading political and regional authority, the 15-nation ECOWAS was formed in 1975 to “promote ...

Effective today, the trio of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, cease to be members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), but with an enormous toll on an already tough regional ...

William Ruto has called an emergency meeting of the East African Community to discuss the ongoing fighting around Goma.

The Sahel is grappling with unprecedented violence, as Al-Qaeda and Islamic State-linked jihadist groups intensify their attacks on civilians and m ...

Experts dubbed those countries a “coup belt.” Among others, that belt includes Burkina Faso. Russia and the juntas frame the anti-West glissade as a start of decolonization processes leading ...

Niger and its neighbors Mali and Burkina Faso have battled for over a decade an insurgency fought by jihadi groups, including some allied with al-Qaida and the Islamic State group. Following military ...

And having military troops directly intervene in border enforcement could also clash with entrenched rules and practices, they said. Jerry Robinette, former head of the San Antonio office of ...

EU needs to end its military dependency on the US and arm itself 'to survive,' says Tusk The European Union cannot rely on the United States to defend it and must increase military spending and ...