A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and ...

GreenYellow is continuing to withdraw from Africa. The French company has just sold its assets in Senegal to Afreenergy, an ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...

The handover of the last French military base in Chad and the Sahel marks a loss of influence for Paris and European ...

For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier ...

Burkina Faso is leaving the West African regional bloc ECOWAS to join counterterrorism forces with Niger and Mali. The junta ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger is a huge blow to Ecowas ... including states like Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast ...

The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A mural reading " remain vigilant and mobilised” is seen in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Wednesday March 1 ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force ...

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger. The drivers were the latest victims of insecurity in the Sahel ...