The Conference of Civil Societies and Centre for Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMICO) has said the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West Africa States ...

With France fast losing its influence in west Africa's Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China fill the vacuum?

Disinformation campaigns are exploding across Africa, with Russia believed to be the main instigator. DW explains how the ...

Before It Becomes ECO-WAS ...

In the aftermath of the announcement on January 28, 2024 by Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic ...

In the aftermath of the announcement on 28 January 2024 by Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic denouncing the Revised ...

When I worked for U.S.A.I.D., I was not a churchgoer, but the moral vision was clear: We Americans, in our affluence, must ...

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara Desert in the north and the Savannah in the south. It is characterised by ...

President John Dramani Mahama has urged the United Nations (UN) to strengthen its partnership with the regional economic ...

He is the author of “The Plot to Save South Africa: The Week Mandela Averted Civil War and Forged a ... and Gabon following expulsions from Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Nigeria.

Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Chad have joined three West African countries — Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso — asking ... UN operations since the Ivorian Civil War. Therefore, projecting France ...

The 38th African Union summit in Addis Ababa started with the election of commissioners, amid some confusion over the new ...