Analysis - The military-led nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger officially withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) on January 29. They had announced their intention to ...

Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to cease operations and for its foreign staff to leave the ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council today agreed by consensus to launch an urgent fact-finding mission and commission of ...

The ongoing insurgency in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by M23 rebels threatens to ignite renewed conflict in the ...