Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - January 29, 2025 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) confirmed this Wednesday the ...

For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, secured a rare interview with a leader of JNIM, ...

Supporters of the military junta take part in a march to celebrate Niger's withdrawal from the Economic Community of West ...

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STORY: French troops lowered their flag from a base in Chad on Friday, marking the end of France's military presence in the ...

Opinion - Last Wednesday, an official announcement was that three West African countries under military rule have officially left the regional bloc, The Economic Community of West African States ...

This Monday, a conference was convened by the Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development, with other civil society ...

Chad's President Field Marshal Mahamat Idriss Deby says this week’s departure of the last French troops from the central ...

The handover of the last French military base in Chad and the Sahel marks a loss of influence for Paris and European ...

It’s a new sunrise for a fully sovereign Chad, determined to take charge of its own destiny,' says Mahamat Idriss Deby - ...

Forty-five people have been arrested in west Africa over the past three months in operations targeting drugs trafficking and the financing of terrorism, said global police body Interpol on Thursday.