Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way ...

The visit was about the economic relations between the two countries and the security situation in the region. On February 28 ...

A study by WHO-AFRO evaluating the five-year progress of the implementation of the regional cholera prevention and control ...

The departure of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from West Africa's most influential bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), raises concerns, especially in the areas of security and ...

Junta-led Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso officially quit West African bloc after more than a year of diplomatic tensions ...

Former diplomats on Thursday warned that the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West ...

THE renewed attacks by armed bandit groups and the intensified violence by Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa leave civilians in North-East ...

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...

The three countries led by military regimes formally notified ECOWAS of their desire for “immediate” withdrawal. But the texts of the West African organisation required one year’s notice for it ...

In a significant development that marks a new chapter in the political dynamics of West Africa, the ECOWAS Commission has confirmed that the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, the Republic of Mali, and the ...

France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony ...

Kester Onor has said ECOWAS has lifted the sanctions on Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and given them favourable conditions to be reintegrated ...