Half a century after ECOWAS promised peace and prosperity, three breakaway states are testing West African solidarity, sparking a potential trade war. Unless last-minute diplomatic efforts can save ...

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Burkina Faso plans to take control of more foreign-owned industrial mines, its prime minister said, as the West African ...

Twelve Nigerien soldiers were reported killed during a surprise attack carried out by armed assailants in western Niger, ...

Morocco's initiative to offer access for Sahel countries to the trade network and routes of the Atlantic Ocean has been ...

There Will Never be World Peace Until Imperialism is Dead: Hands Off Ibrahim Traore. There is no better time for African ...

The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have supported a Moroccan initiative to provide them with access to ...

Foreign ministers from Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, all military-ruled Sahel states, support a Moroccan initiative for ...

Foreign ministers of military-ruled Sahel states of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger said on Monday they endorse an initiative ...

Following the sanctions by ECOWAS on Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso in January 2024 due to the military coups that ousted their respective elected governments, the military leaders of the three ...

Niger joins Mali and Burkina Faso in distancing from France, having quit the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie and forming the Alliance of Sahel States. Similar moves are underway across ...

Like Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, which also have military governments and used to be French colonies, are taking similar steps. They’ve also pulled out of the Organisation Internationale de la ...