A landslide has engulfed a group of mainly women gold miners in Mali, killing several of them. In a statement broadcast on ...

The Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, are officially leaving the regional economic bloc ECOWAS on Wednesday, after 50 years.The withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African ...

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has raised concerns over the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso ...

The Embassy of Canada in Bamako is following the situation and providing consular service for Canadians in Niger. Canadians in need of urgent consular assistance can contact the Emergency Watch and ...

The memberships of the three West African countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have been formally withdrawn from the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), one year after ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

ABUJA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The memberships of the three West African countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have been formally withdrawn from the 15-member Economic Community of West African ...

French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent remarks about African countries’ "ingratitude" for France’s role in ...

ECOWAS had given Burkina Faso Mali and Niger until July to reconsider the move but they said their departure was irreversible ...

Thousands of people rallied in junta-led Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali on Tuesday to back their withdrawal from the Economic ...

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