Mali’s interim president, Colonel d’Armée Assimi Goïta, who came to power in a coup on 18 August 2020, enjoys remarkably ...

A week after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso, the situation remains tense in Ouagadougou, particularly among the armed ...

Compared to the chaotic state of Western nations, Russia looks to Africans like a stable, reliable power — whatever internal ...

The tri-border region has long been plagued by extremist violence. Just last month, a jihadi group attacked a village there, leaving 44 civilians dead, an attack the army attributed to the Islamic ...

Niger's army says an attack by armed men in western Niger has left 12 soldiers dead in a border area that has long been a ...

Twelve Nigerien soldiers have been killed in an attack in the west of the Sahel country and two suspects have been arrested, the army said in a statement seen by Reuters on Saturday. The attack took ...

Twelve Nigerien soldiers were killed in a surprise attack in the Sahel region, near Niger's tri-border area with Mali and ...

Pope Francis’ funeral will be attended by dozens of heads of state, monarchs, foreign ministers, and other leaders from ...

Despite its ‘overarching’ achievements over the past 50 years (half a century) since its establishment, the Economic ...

The ECOWAS Council of Ministers has convened an extraordinary session in Accra, Ghana, to deliberate on the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the regional bloc. According to a report by ...

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has concluded arrangements to relocate its institutions from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger following their withdrawal from the body. ECOWAS Council of ...