The country has one of the lowest road densities in Africa ... recent coup in 2023, the country is again under a military junta. According to a UN report in 2023, Niger is one of the poorest ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.

The 1990s brought some positive changes. With the end of the Cold War, dozens of African countries experienced ...

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.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent remarks about African countries’ "ingratitude" for France’s role in ...

This is evidenced by the pattern of electoral outcomes, progress in intra-Africa trade, and Africa’s enhanced Africa’s voice in the global arena. Building on these gains through sustained collective ...

You know the coups that have happened in Niger, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Chad, Mali and Sudan in recent years ... “There are countries in Africa, like Cameroon, where if there is a coup, the ...

The Economic Community of West African States announced recently that the three-member nations where coup plotters overthrew elected governments had finally exited the community. Issues related to ...

Simply sign up to the Mining myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. International mining companies are at the mercy of “terrifying” tactics from military regimes in Africa’s Sahel ...