Togo appears to be openly courting a new confederation made up of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger for whom access to ...

Should Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger lead the call for reparations from France? Well according to Alain Kone, an expert at ...

The recent appearance of the Micro-trottoir project in Bamako is a strong reflection of new trends in West Africa, where ...

China has helped remake Niger's energy sector, but pay disparities and unequal employment roles have caused friction.

The Alliance of Sahel States has accused the International Organization of Francophone Nations of being a tool for political ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Togo Robert Dussey has again raised the possibility of the country joining the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). In a social ...

They have since formed their own union - the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). Why have these three countries exited ECOWAS, and is this a crisis point for the regional bloc? Catherine Nzuki is joined ...

The three Sahelian states’ split from ECOWAS is reducing security cooperation at a time when West Africa is battling numerous ...

The recent formal exit of the Alliance of Sahel States or Alliance d’Etats Sahel, AES, from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, is a big blow to Africa’s best known regional ...

Togo is signalling a potential realignment in West African geopolitics as it openly explores joining the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), a coalition of military-led Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger.

Mali has withdrawn from a global alliance of French-speaking countries, days after two of its neighbors took the same step.