Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way ...

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - January 29, 2025 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) confirmed this Wednesday the ...

Former diplomats on Thursday warned that the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West ...

Military-led governments in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have made a series of moves recently to assert greater control over ...

France officially ended its decades-long military presence in Chad, its last stronghold in the West African region. The shift ...

"The rise of junta rule in the Sahel represents a complex interplay between decolonization and destabilization." ...

Three junta-led nations have left the regional economic bloc ECOWAS, citing alleged French influence on the group. Burkina ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) withdraws from ECOWAS and continues initiatives for independence, regional integration, ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have officially left West Africa’s main political and trade group ECOWAS after more than a year ...

A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled ...

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...