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

Cte dIvoire announced that French troops would be withdrawing from the country and the military base of Port-Bout would be ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

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 to face rising extr ...

Indigenisation efforts led by leaders more concerned with self-preservation than national progress often spell disaster.

Libya deported more than 600 men from Niger last month as North African countries — financed by the European Union to tackle ...

The Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are officially leaving the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday after 50 years, reported German news agency dpa. The ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has decided to still recognise Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger despite ...

DAKAR, Senegal — 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 extremist ...