The junta successfully built a strong anti-French sentiment in Francophone African countries, capitalising on their populist ...

West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong ...

A 40-year-old Nigerian, Bishir Dauda, plans a 50-day advocacy and solidarity journey across West African countries to ...

Mali announced its withdrawal from the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) on Tuesday, following similar ...

In separate communications, the military governments in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso announced their withdrawals from the ...

Ghana: Mahama Visits Mali, Niger & Burkina Faso to Ease ECOWAS Tensions | Firstpost Africa | N18G Ghana’s President John ...

Togo appears to be openly courting a new confederation made up of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger for whom access to the small nation's port would be a game-changer.

“We are worried that the ‘Boy Scouts’ in Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso would be having a good laugh tonight as they read that the spineless ECOWAS Chair has declared military rule in one of ...

Mali has withdrawn from a global alliance of French-speaking countries, days after two of its neighbors took the same step.

The three Sahelian states’ split from ECOWAS is reducing security cooperation at a time when West Africa is battling numerous ...

ECOWAS has been struggling to maintain cohesion after Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso formally exited the bloc earlier this year. The trio accused the organisation of serving Western interests ...

Junta-run Mali, which has broken off ties with France, announced Tuesday it was quitting an international group of ...