Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way ...
The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) withdraws from ECOWAS and continues initiatives for independence, regional integration, ...
A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled ...
"The rise of junta rule in the Sahel represents a complex interplay between decolonization and destabilization." ...
The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried ...
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have officially left West Africa’s main political and trade group ECOWAS after more than a year ...
The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...
Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world, the WHO said Thursday.
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...
The official departure from the West African body on Tuesday comes after Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali last year formed their ...