The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...

France has handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities. The move on Thursday came two months after the ...

Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso have officially withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), marking ...

ShareThe West African regional bloc ECOWAS has formally recognised the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, after ...

The President of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Touray, has said that the Authority of the Head of State and Government of ECOWAS will determine the ...

The authority of the Head of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will determine the bloc’s modalities of engagement with Burkina Faso, Mali and the Republic ...

Burkina Faso has been under army rule since January ... Over the past few years, several African nations, including Niger and Mali, have expelled French military bases, while Ivory Coast, Chad ...

Benin forces have suffered heavy losses in an attack near the border with insurgency-hit Niger and Burkina Faso, authorities have said. Colonel Faizou Gomina, the national guard's chief of staff ...

It follows similar decisions by Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal and Chad. We analyse France's shrinking military footprint in Africa - and ask what it means for the former colonial power's ...

The coup kicked off a series of takeovers in Burkina Faso, Niger, Guinea and Gabon. In June 2021, Macron announced French forces would leave the Sahel in a phased-out manner. By December 2023 ...

Those nations include coup-hit Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal and Chad, which is considered France’s most stable and loyal partner in Africa. The downscaling of military ties comes as France ...

Like fellow Sahel states Mali and Niger, which are also led by military juntas, Burkina Faso has been battling a surge of attacks by jihadist armed groups. Nearly two million of its citizens have ...