Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in ...

The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn ... the region with an ECOWAS passport. ECOWAS president Omar Alieu Touray told reporters in Nigeria ...

While Russian ally Bashar al-Assad was being toppled by rebels in Syria, another friend of Moscow, President Faustin ... Mali and Burkina Faso. Those three, all now controlled by juntas, have ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request in 2013, France has given up most of its military footprint across west ...

USAID lost almost all ability to track $8.2 billion in unspent humanitarian aid after the Trump administration froze foreign funding and idled staff, a government watchdog warned Monday.

The Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in recent years have ... according to data from the U.S.-based Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, or ACLED. JNIM, the Sahelian ...

The “African Corps,” established in late 2023, coordinates Russia’s military presence in Africa, focusing on the Sahel region, including Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger ... In December 2024, Russian ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina ... from the conflict-battered Sahel to coastal West African nations. ECOWAS is ...

Uganda sends 1,000 more soldiers to east Congo near M23 conflict, sources say Worldcategory ... The arrest of mining executives in Mali, threats by Burkina Faso's junta to strip permits and ...

(AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — (AP) — The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the ... movement within the region with an ECOWAS passport. ECOWAS president ...