Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

Despite their citizens being among Africa’s poorest, Mali, Niger,and Burkina Faso boast mineral riches beyond the dreams of most nations. All three Sahel countries have sizable gold deposits, and ...

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso no longer orient themselves towards France or Western business interests. As demand for raw ...

China stands a good chance of taking advantage of the dwindling western presence in the Sahel region of west Africa.

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and ...

The French military withdrew from the Sergent Adji Kossei base in the capital, N'Djamena ... have been expelled from Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. Senegal and Ivory Coast have also announced ...

ECOWAS president Omar Alieu Touray told reporters in Nigeria’s capital Abuja that despite ... the juntas in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso announced that they were leaving ECOWAS.

The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried to avert its unprecedented disintegration.

Yes, I am very happy about the decision." In Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital, Cisse Kabore told the BBC she wanted her country to remain in Ecowas because now the region "will no longer be ...