West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS is facing significant challenges after three countries formally quit the group ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso this week, Niger’s ruling military junta said.

An ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso this week, Niger’s ruling military junta said. An intervention unit was sent to the ...

New project set to rename public spaces bearing names of colonial officers as Dakar distances itself from France.

Mali's new new mining law that raises taxes and seeks to hand over large stakes in assets to the state must be reviewed ...

A new mining law in Mali that raises taxes and seeks to hand over big stakes in assets to the state and local investors will ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the bloc — now left with 12 member countries — was the culmination of a ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...

For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier ...