This established what is now known as the Alliance of Sahel States or Alliance des États du Sahel (AES). In a joint statement released in January 2024, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger outlined ...

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

Members of the French DGSE were 'held hostage' for a year in Ouagadougou, accused of espionage by putsch leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré. It took bitter negotiations and the decisive intervention of ...

The West African regional bloc ECOWAS has formally recognized the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, after more than ... otherwise advised. ECOWAS President Omar Touray told reporters ...

A general diary has been filed at Shahbagh Police Station against Dhaka University Chhatra Union President Megmallar ... A group of DU students filed the GD with Shahbagh Police Station on ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has initiated the post-exit dialogue with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, which will determine the new relationship between the rest of the region ...

Amid a decade-long push by African countries to abolish colonial-era wigs in judicial systems, posts have surfaced online ...

French President Emmanuel Macron is “insulting all Africans," Burkina Faso President Capt. Ibrahim Traore has said, urging African nations to end military pacts with Paris. "(Macron) has ...

Thousands of people rallied Tuesday in Niger and Burkina Faso in support of the withdrawal ... They chanted slogans hostile to French President Emmanuel Macron as well as other leaders in the ...