After a Wave of Coups, 3 African Nations Leave Decades-old Alliance
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...
ECOWAS pledges to ‘keep door open’ after 3 coup-hit West African nations exit regional bloc
The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried ...
Daily Wrap on MSN56m
African women trapped in Russian drone factory scheme
In a drone factory near the city of Yelabuga in Tatarstan, Russia, around 200 African women are employed, most of them aged ...
The Africa Report4h
Tax hikes and tension: Battle over West Africa’s mining wealth
Across the West African Economic and Monetary Union, governments are tightening mining regulations to boost revenue for development. But as Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Burkina Faso push reforms, investor ...
Al Jazeera on MSN5h
With France’s military influence in Africa gone, can it rely on soft power?
French troops completed their withdrawal from Chad this week before a January 31 deadline, the latest blow to France’s ...
Daily Monitor6h
What Museveni told Ramaphosa about DRC security
The visit was about the economic relations between the two countries and the security situation in the region. On February 28 ...
A French journalist recounts 711 days of captivity as a hostage of Islamic extremists in Mali
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended ...
Analysts consider ramifications of ECOWAS members’ exit
Junta-led Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso officially quit West African bloc after more than a year of diplomatic tensions ...