Teachers' union confirms terrorist attack in Niger, killing nine civilians, including one of its members, near Burkina Faso border.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced plans to organise a summit on the future of the community. This is as a result of the withdrawal of three member states – ...

Vice President, Commission for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Commission), Damtien Larbli ...

US philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has commended the Sahel nations of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger for ...

Education ministers from Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso seek solutions as conflict and displacement push education to the brink ...

The Malian government, in collaboration with Russia's Yadran, plans to establish a state-controlled gold refinery to enhance ...

Nigeria falls behind in healthcare, especially in the northern areas, in comparison to the junta-led Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, according to billionaire philanthropist Bill ...

Some African presidents flew straight to Ouagadougou to sign the interim unity documents when they could not land. Some ...

The two-year-old Africa Corps, which has links to a covert branch of Russia’s army, is ascendant at a time when U.S. and ...

With up to 6,000 fighters, JNIM is now the most well-armed militant force in the Sahel — and among the most powerful in the ...

The Russia-backed Wagner Group says it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists ...

Niger was, however, suspended from the OIF in December 2023, following its coup d'état. Burkina Faso and Mali were also suspended following their own military coups – with the OIF sanctioning ...