West African leaders have given Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso more time to reconsider their split from the ECOWAS regional ...

Analysis - For over six decades, Chad was a crucial ally to French and US forces in their counter-insurgency operations in ...

Departure of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger would have become effective next month, one year after their initial January 2024 ...

African voters participated in more than a dozen elections in 2024, including presidential, parliamentary, and local ...

The dissolution of the Chad-France defence pact raises questions about Chad’s next potential partners. It could also reshape ...

West African leaders from the regional group ECOWAS met on Sunday for a summit with three nation members led by military ...

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have a six-month grace period after their scheduled exit from West Africa's main political ...

The French political elite's response to declining influence in West Africa and the Sahel has been marked by a striking degree of apathy' - Arnaud Bertrand, political observer These developments ...

West African leaders from the regional group ECOWAS were meeting on Sunday for a summit with security and the departure from the bloc of three military-led governments high on the agenda.

But even as ties have grown in recent years, Washington’s foreign policy establishment still considers Africa to be a ...

Following the confirmed exit of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger—now the "Alliance of Sahel States"—the ECOWAS bloc is now ...

An increased coal production target from Thungela signals progress in South African freight, but much remains to be done.