NIAMEY, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Niger's Defense and Security Forces (FDS) has said it lost five soldiers on Feb. 19 in a terrorist ambush in Sakoira in the country's western region of Tillabery.
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso were to officially quit the West African bloc Ecowas Wednesday, severing ties after years of strained relations that have reshaped trade routes in the Sahel.
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As The Washington Post’s West Africa bureau chief based in Senegal, I’ve reported from nine countries across the Sahel over ...
Thousands of people rallied in junta-led Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali on Tuesday to back their withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States regional bloc, due to take effect Wednesday ...
Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's ... president and imposed heavy economic sanctions on Niamey, which have now been lifted. The three countries ...
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As Africa’s Sahel region has replaced the Middle East as the epicenter of jihadism, young men are flocking to the cause. They ...
The three junta-led West African nations, who have come together to form the Alliance of Sahel States (ASS) after their coups, formally left the Economic Community of West African States, after a year ...
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