The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

The Economic Community of West African States announced on Wednesday it had set up a committee to determine the modalities for future relationship with Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. Wednesday marked ...

Niger also ended an agreement to keep about 1,000 US troops involved in a counter-terrorism ... resolution of the Ecowas crisis (when Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali exited the regional bloc ...

French troops have been expelled from three of these ... expansion of investments in critical minerals; resolution of the Ecowas crisis (when Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali exited the regional ...

nited States security engagements in West Africa cannot be understood without consideration of regional geopolitical challenges spanning political instability, climate change, humanitarian and food ...

A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled central Sahel region, Niger's defence chief said on state television.

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NIAMEY - A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours ... from West Africa's main political and economic group ECOWAS, which is still pushing them to reconsider the move that ...

Topics include South Africa's G20 leadership, the division within the West African bloc ECOWAS, and emerging partnerships ... notably in the Sahel where French troops have been pushed out by ...

Military juntas have forced French troops out of Mali ... to rival the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the main regional bloc. Critics in the region claim that for years ...