The deadline for the exit of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States is set to expire ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) officially recognised the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has decided to still recognise Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger despite ...

He chose Musa Keita to be his deputy ... sitting on the edge of the Sahara desert with access to the River Niger, meant Timbuktu was at the centre of essential trading routes for salt and gold.

Thirteen soldiers serving with peacekeeping forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been killed in clashes with ...

He captured Timbuktu and the other cities along the Niger River with his army of cavalry ... have recorded the history of the kingdom. Sundiata Keita was the first ruler of the Mali Empire.

File-An unidentified representative of the junta waves as Malians supporting the recent overthrow of President Ibrahim Keita in the capital ... Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali will create a "unified ...

“We have noted the sovereign decisions of not only Mali but Burkina Faso and Niger to form a separate confederation. But despite that, God put us together in this sub-region for a purpose,” he said.

A new armed group called Lakurawa is attacking villages in remote corners of northwestern Nigeria and across the border in Niger, posing new threats to two countries that already suffer from ...

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped in Niger, the first time a European citizen has been seized in the country since the military took power in 2023. Austria’s Federal Ministry for European and ...

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