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 BAMAKO ...

Countries in West Africa and the Sahel are facing a mixed outlook of expanding prosperity and innovation on one hand, and escalating hardship and insecurity on the other. Senegal and Côte D’Ivoire for ...

I believe the key factors that could aid the establishment of a jihadist state in the Sahel region of west Africa include mutually ... of the borders of these countries adjacent to the Sahel ...

BAMAKO, Mali — West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries formally quit the group, forming their own alliance and weakening the ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — West Africa’s regional bloc known as ECOWAS is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries formally quit the group, forming their own alliance and ...