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 Nigerien military junta recently accused Nigeria of collaborating with France to destabilise his rule by supporting the ...

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

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the ...

Within ECOWAS, there’s an institution known as the Community Court of Justice. Since 2005, this Court has had jurisdiction to ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...

The visit was about the economic relations between the two countries and the security situation in the region. On February 28 ...

Depending on who is talking, reverberations from the pandemic either continue to play out in western ranch sales, or the market has settled into trends similar to what was present before the COVID ...

He told you what he was going to do. Diana Crispi, Los Angeles To the editor: Trump pardoned the members of his private militia. Full stop. Thomas D. Penfield, Cardiff, Calif. To the editor ...

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, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region to face rising extremist violence, Niger’s defence minister said today The force of 5,000 ...