The United States is reshaping its approach to Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso as Russia expands the footprint of its Africa ...

The trio’s exit from the Economic Community of West African States has had real negative consequences for the affected ...

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, three West African Sahel nations ruled by military juntas, signed a security pact on Saturday promising to come to the aid of each other in case of any ...

DAKAR, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's military-led government has dissolved all political parties and scrapped the legal framework governing their operations, according to a decree approved by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Burkina Faso's Captain Ibrahim Traore sit next to Niger's General Abdourahamane Tiani in Niamey, on 5 July 2024. (AFP - -) The ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger collectively declared their withdrawal from the 15-nation ECOWAS, alleging that it undermines their sovereignty by acting as an instrument for foreign interests. The ...

The junta leaders of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso released a joint statement Sunday on national television saying they were quitting the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The joint ...

BAMAKO, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Niger has authorised Mali and Burkina Faso's armed forces to intervene on its territory in case of an attack, the countries said in a joint statement on Thursday, a possible ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Three nations in Africa’s Sahel region announced Sunday that they were leaving the area’s most important political and economic bloc, deepening a rift between those countries’ ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — West African nations Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have withdrawn from the regional economic bloc known as ECOWAS, their respective juntas announced Sunday. They accused the bloc of ...