Disputes surrounding the schedule of presidential and parliamentary elections are fueling the struggle for power and influence in Guinea-Bissau. Efforts by ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger introduce a 0.5% levy on imports to fund a new union after leaving ECOWAS. The Alliance of ...

West African neighbours Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods as they seek to fund a new three-state union after leaving the larger regional economic bloc, they ...

Niger entrenched military rule for another five years this week when junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, who seized power in a 2023 military coup, was named president for the next five years. During ...

Since mid-February 2025, competing terrorist factions branching off from the Boko Haram organization have engaged in a new wave of armed conflict, just two weeks after the failure of an ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama, yesterday said the Economic Community of West ...

Burkina Faso's ruling military junta has arrested three prominent journalists, escalating its crackdown on media freedom in ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Ghanaian counterpart John Dramani Mahama, on Thursday reaffirmed the need for continued ...

Tensions with Paris and delayed document submission leave Bamako’s new Alliance of Sahel States travel papers in limbo.

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

The three countries have vowed to strengthen their cooperation by establishing a new security alliance, the Alliance of Sahel States. But the security situation in the Sahel, a vast region on the ...