The Burkinabe justice system has ordered an autopsy on the body of cyberactivist Alain Christophe Traore, also known as Alino Faso.

Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio, who took over the rotating chairmanship of the Economic Community of West African ...

Julius Maada Bio has stressed the importance of maintaining regional unity as the bloc deals with various challenges, ...

This development further signalled the deterioration of relations between the bloc and estranged Sahelian nations. On 28 January, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger - all led by military juntas ...

Burkina Faso has been fighting the forces of the Islamic state in the Greater Sahara when it crossed in 2016 into the country from Mali and the forces of JNIM – (JAMA’AT NUSRAT AL ISLAM WAL ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

Struggling with jihadist violence and poverty, the regimes have had tense ties with ECOWAS since coups took place in Niger on July 26, 2023, Burkina Faso in 2022 and Mali in 2020.

According to Ecowas Trade Information Systems (ECOTIS), for 2022, Mali exports total $3.91 billion, with imports of $6.45 billion, while Burkina Faso export na $4.55 billion, and import na $5.63 ...

The coup-hit nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso were meeting on Saturday, July 6, 2024 in their first regional summit that officially sets them apart from the West Africa regional bloc after ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Burkina Faso will work to minimize the negative repercussions of its withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), said Karamoko Jean ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Military junta leaders of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso on Saturday ruled out returning their nations to the West Africa regional bloc whose division could further jeopardize ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Military junta leaders of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso on Saturday ruled out returning their nations to the West Africa regional bloc whose division could further jeopardize ...