Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso withdraw from West Africa regional bloc ECOWAS as tensions deepen. The three countries allege that the bloc has “moved away from the ideals of its founding fathers ...

The junta leaders of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso released a joint statement Sunday on national television saying they were quitting the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The joint ...

Niger’s junta authorized troops from neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso to come to its defense and asked the French ambassador to leave the country Friday, raising the stakes in a standoff with ...

Ministers of the Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) have approved the continued integration of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger as non-ECOWAS members.

General Musa reiterated his call on Nigeria to fence strategic border areas to enhance security management and reduce ...

FILE - The defense chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries excluding Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea and Niger, gather for their extraordinary meeting in ...

While speaking at the University of Ibadan on “global fragility and security management in Nigeria”, the Chief of Defence ...

In his role as chairman of ECOWAS, President Bola Tinubu has lamented the alleged reluctance of the military juntas in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to outline their transition programmes. Tinubu ...

There were over 3,100 students from Mali, 2,300 from Burkina and 1,100 from Niger studying in French public institutions in 2021-22, according to data from French agency Campus France that ...

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