Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - January 29, 2025 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) confirmed this Wednesday the ...

France officially ended its decades-long military presence in Chad, its last stronghold in the West African region. The shift ...

For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar yesterday gave insight to the consequences of the exit of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Republic from the Economic Community of West African States ...

ShareThe West African regional bloc ECOWAS has formally recognised the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, after ...

The President of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Touray, has said that the Authority of the Head of State and Government of ECOWAS will determine the ...

Former French colonies in Africa, like Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Senegal and the Ivory Coast have all asked French soldiers stationd on their soil to leave in recent years. Macron has called ...

Violent conflicts by jihadists in the Sahel region – Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, in particular – continue to cause mayhem, creating crises in the affected regions. The armed insurgency in Burkina ...

The European Union wants to consolidate management of its foreign aid into 18 regional hubs and may pull all development experts from some countries in a move staff unions say could diminish ...

A group known as the Muryar Talaka Awareness Initiative has commended the federal government over its diplomatic efforts in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso. In a statement released on Monday ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso – who have formed their own Alliance of Sahel States – from West African bloc Ecowas is set to take effect on 29 January, with security experts and ...