West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS is facing significant challenges after three countries formally quit the group ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso this week, Niger’s ruling military junta said.

New project set to rename public spaces bearing names of colonial officers as Dakar distances itself from France.

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 ...

Mali's new new mining law that raises taxes and seeks to hand over large stakes in assets to the state must be reviewed ...

A new mining law in Mali that raises taxes and seeks to hand over big stakes in assets to the state and local investors will ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the bloc — now left with 12 member countries — was the culmination of a ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...

For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier ...

Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way ...

France has faced major setbacks in Africa in recent months. Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad, Senegal and Ivory Coast have all ousted France from their territory. France has also been at odds with ...

For years, Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold Corp. has seen its acquisition of a major gold mine in the West African nation of Mali pay off big time. Back To Top ...