Former diplomats on Thursday warned that the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of diplomatic tensions. The withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger is a huge blow ...

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...

Junta-led Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso officially quit West African bloc after more than a year of diplomatic tensions ...

The military leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have posed a major challenge to the bloc’s unity, refusing to heed its call for a transition to civilian rule.

Recent coups in Africa highlight the continent’s democratic fragility. In countries such as Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea, military leaders have taken power, justifying their actions by pointing to ...

A study by WHO-AFRO evaluating the five-year progress of the implementation of the regional cholera prevention and control ...

The Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, are officially leaving the regional economic bloc ECOWAS on Wednesday, after 50 years.The withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African ...

French troops completed their withdrawal from Chad this week before a January 31 deadline, the latest blow to France’s ...

THE renewed attacks by armed bandit groups and the intensified violence by Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa leave civilians in North-East ...

National passports and identity cards bearing ECOWAS logo held by the citizens of Burkina Faso, the Republic of Mali and the ...

The French army has handed over its last base in Chad in a military ceremony in the capital N'Djamena, the general staffs of ...