The AES-ECOWAS split has sparked pragmatic cooperation based on strategic interests between neighbouring countries.Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger's withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African ...

Kabul has met with envoys from Ouagadougou and Niamey in recent weeks, an unexpected move given that Sahel militants see the ...

Militant Islamist violence in the Sahel continues to shift southward and westward, putting ever more pressure on population centers in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger—as well as on their coastal West ...

Orano said it had been unable to contact its mining director in Niger, who was taken to the headquarters of the country's ...

Niger has hosted the first Russia-Sahel boxing tournament to commemorate the 80th anniversary of victory in World War II Read ...

Human Rights Watch says at least 100 civilians in Burkina Faso were killed by government forces near the town of Solenzo in ...

An al-Qaeda affiliate has claimed it killed 200 soldiers in an attack on a Burkina Faso army base this week, according to an NGO that tracks armed groups’ online activity. The base in the ...

Economic Community of West African States split has sparked pragmatic cooperation based on strategic interests between ...

FRENCH uranium company Orano has initiated legal action in Niger courts, citing “arbitrary arrest, illegal detention and ...