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

Implementing a single currency in West Africa presents significant opportunities and formidable challenges. However, it could ...

The presence of Russian mercenaries in Africa was once hailed as a success story, but recently the pressure on them has increased. A new report offers strategies to counter Russian influence.

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

Togo appears to be openly courting a new confederation made up of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger for whom access to the small nation's port would be a game-changer.

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

Togo is signalling a potential realignment in West African geopolitics as it openly explores joining the Alliance of Sahel ...

The situation in West Africa is particularly complex as the Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have left the economic alliance ECOWAS following military coups and formed their own ...

Mali and Niger officially withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, having already established the Alliance of Sahel States, or AES, as an alternative regional grouping.

The junta successfully built a strong anti-French sentiment in Francophone African countries, capitalising on their populist ...