Russia will transfer 709.5 tons of humanitarian aid to Burkina Faso, the Russian Foreign Ministry told Izvestia. In addition, ...

In January, the West African nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger completed their year-long process of exiting the ...

Despite Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso's exit from ECOWAS, Commission President Omar Alieu Touray told FRANCE 24 that he remains hopeful West Africa will stay united. He highlighted the bloc’s ...

The World Bank today approved $400 million from the International Development Association (IDA), divided between a $380 million credit and a $20 million grant, for a new project to improve resilient ...

Economic Community of West African States split has sparked pragmatic cooperation based on strategic interests between ...

Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, have expressed ...

Political party bans by military authorities in Burkina Faso and Niger have met little resistance, but in Mali they ignited ...

French uranium mining company Orano says it has sued the government of Niger after the disappearance of its director and the ...

Militant Islamist violence in the Sahel continues to shift southward and westward, putting ever more pressure on population centers in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger—as well as on their coastal West ...

- The Atlantic route, through which Sahel migrants depart from West African coasts. They board boats of varying sizes bound for the Canary Islands, Spain. That route is very deadly, with deaths and ...

French state-owned nuclear fuel company Orano is exploring the sale of its uranium assets in Niger after the breakdown of its ...

Analysis - The AES-ECOWAS split has sparked pragmatic cooperation based on strategic interests between neighbouring countries.