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

Countries in North Africa and around the world are increasingly prioritizing a strict definition of sovereignty and tending ...

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

"We've discussed issues of mutual interest. We've discussed the issue of AES [the Alliance of Sahel States] and ECOWAS. I've got new perspectives about the concern that the three countries have in ...

President John Dramani Mahama has reaffirmed his commitment to resolving tensions between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Alliance of Sahel States (ASS). During a ...

Despite Ghana's desire to avoid jeopardizing $3.8 billion in World Bank financing and derailing the IMF loan package, lawmakers have reintroduced a bill that would become one of Africa's most ...

President Tchiani raised the need for collaboration and recognition of the Alliance of Sahel States by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), with President Mahama emphasising the ...

During a visit by Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, Nigerien President General Abdourahamane Tiani called for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to recognize and collaborate ...

President John Dramani Mahama has started a three-day working visit to the Alliance of Sahel ... sub-region. The President also spoke about the growing threat of insurgency and terrorism in West ...

President John Dramani Mahama has reiterated his commitment to easing tensions between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Alliance of Sahel States (AES ... and economic ...

Over half of all terrorism-related deaths in the world occur in the Sahel. That's according to a new report from the Institute for Economics and Peace. The vast region in Africa that lies just ...