Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso no longer orient themselves towards France or Western business interests. As demand for raw ...

Researchers have uncovered the origins and genetic diversity of the Fulani, one of Africa's largest pastoral populations. The ...

China stands a good chance of taking advantage of the dwindling western presence in the Sahel region of west Africa.

Having redeployed some soldiers previously stationed in Syria to Libya, the Russian army and its military-political entity ...

To combat the brewing drought and desertification, the African Union developed the Great Green Wall Initiative in 2007. The ...

It is easy to sway public opinion with soundbites but the debate on foreign aid needs composure and a view towards broader ...

South Africa relationship needs a rethink. But the Trump administration’s approach is only making a bad situation worse.

Within ECOWAS, there’s an institution known as the Community Court of Justice. Since 2005, this Court has had jurisdiction to ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 29, having ...

An Islamist insurgency in the Sahel region, and fighting on Ghana’s northern border with Burkina Faso, may both spread to ...

There are concerns a weakened ECOWAS would be unable to handle security crises spreading from the conflict-battered Sahel to coastal West African nations. ECOWAS is also unlikely to be in a position ...