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. An intervention unit was sent to the ...

The French military base in Abidjan will officially be handed over to Ivory Coast on February 20 during a ceremony attended ...

Three junta-led nations have left the regional economic bloc ECOWAS, citing alleged French influence on the group. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are increasingly turning to Russia as an ally.

Thousands of people rallied Tuesday in Niger and Burkina Faso in support of the withdrawal of their countries from the ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc ... the Alliance of Sahelian States, A.E.S. by its French acronym, and have created a military force of 5,000 troops. The three juntas ...

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Thousands of people rallied in junta-led Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali on Tuesday to back their withdrawal from the Economic ...

They chanted slogans hostile to French President Emmanuel Macron as ... there is nothing left between ECOWAS and us," he said. In Burkina Faso, thousands including Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean ...

“Burkina Faso dropped French as their official language. Removed French colonial ruler’s name from streets. Banned Colonial era Barrister Wigs,” the user posted on X on January 14. The post ...