Since its founding in 1975, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been a cornerstone of regional ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger's withdrawal from ECOWAS and the formation of the AES alliance threaten a West African trade ...

President John Dramani Mahama has extended a formal invitation to the military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso, and ...

President John Dramani Mahama will provide a comprehensive report on his recent diplomatic engagements with the heads of ...

Algeria has launched a mass deportation exercise involving thousands of sub-Saharan African migrants to neighbouring ...

Algeria and Mali share a 1,400-kilometer border and long-standing cultural ties, but their visions for the region have ...

President John Dramani Mahama has invited the military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger to the 50th ...

Data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) confirms a sharp rise in politically motivated violence in the affected regions, with reported incidents and fatalities more than ...

In 2009, the Malian government handed out a large area of land for an irrigated sugarcane plantation. Hundreds of farmers ...

After months of diplomatic row following the military coup in Niamey, Niger and Nigeria resumed official dialogue on ...

Accra: Leaders of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), comprising Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, have accepted an invitation for an extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African ...

Ruled by a military junta since July 2023, Niger is battling heightened insecurity amid repeated attacks by armed groups, several affiliated to Al-Qaeda or Islamic State.