Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 29, having ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

At least 10 soldiers were killed by armed assailants in an ambush in western Nigeria, near Burkina Faso's border. The attack ...

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the ...

This is despite the official exit of these three countries from ECOWAS on January 29, to focus on their own bloc known as the ...

Network has appealed to ECOWAS and the Alliance of Sahelian States, to enhance negotiations and dialogue in the interest of regional co-operation, peace and security.

The 1990s brought some positive changes. With the end of the Cold War, dozens of African countries experienced ...

An ambush by a group of criminals resulted in the deaths of at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the Burkina Faso border. The ...

The same month, militants of an Islamic State group affiliate — known as Islamic State Sahel Province — likely shot and killed 21 passengers on a bus in the Arboudji village, near the border with ...