The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

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

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

African countries are working together to create larger markets and benefit from economies of scale. In the energy sector, ...

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

The military-led nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger officially withdrew ... which has tried to improve economic and political integration in west Africa since 1975, says it has left its ...

Niger is set to hold a national convention to map out its long-awaited political transition following the July 2023 coup that ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request in 2013, France has given up most of its military footprint across west ...

Its emperor Mansa Musa was placed on medieval European maps of Africa with description: "The king is the richest and most noble because his country abounds in gold." Under him, the empire reached its ...