The Economic Community of West African States announced recently that the three-member nations where coup plotters overthrew elected governments had finally exited the community. Issues related to ...

The 1990s brought some positive changes. With the end of the Cold War, dozens of African countries experienced ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the bloc — now left with 12 member countries — was the culmination of a ...

Relations between Ecowas and the three Sahel countries have been tense since the military seized power in Niger in 2023, ...

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS. The regional bloc announced the ...

Malian singer Rokia Traore will be released from custody in Belgium, after striking a deal with her ex-partner over a child custody dispute, lawyers said Wednesday. The musician has been ...

For instance, a November attack by JNIM killed half a dozen Wagner mercenaries. Wagner has been present in Mali since late 2021 following a military coup, replacing French troops and international ...

The Malian army has killed 23 terrorists in the southern-central Mopti Region over the last two days, said an official statement released on Tuesday. Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) conducted an ...

The resolution of a dispute in Mali could be crucial to how investors view West Africa, Barrick Gold chief executive Mark Bristow told Mining Journal at the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh ...