Five years since the Mali coup of 2020, the key lesson is that the international community must move beyond the view of coups as isolated events.

A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to ...

Hundreds of assailants killed 34 Nigerien soldiers in an attack in western Niger not far from the Malian border on Thursday, the defence ministry said. The "cowardly and barbaric" assault in the ...

Mali, Niger, Burkina recall ambassadors from Algeria over drone incident Tensions between Algeria and its southern neighbours have flared once again after the downing of a Turkish-made military ...

Junta-run Mali, which has broken off ties with France, announced Tuesday it was quitting an international group of French-speaking countries, a day after its allies Niger and Burkina Faso did the ...

This initiative has also contributed to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, amounting to about 13.8 million tons of CO2. A newly built 228 km 225 kV transmission line connecting Kayes in Mali and ...

Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's main political and trade group ECOWAS on Wednesday after more than a year of diplomatic tensions.

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, on Wednesday officially recognized the exit of three of its former ...

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso formally leave ECOWAS The three junta-led West African nations, who have come together to form the Alliance of Sahel States (ASS) after their coups, formally left the ...

Mali's gold output has more than doubled to 105 metric tons as of last year from 2010 levels, WGC data show. With Burkina Faso and Niger, it accounts for a quarter of the continent's gold production.