Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request in 2013, France has given up most of its military footprint across west ...

President Trump’s reversal on a spending freeze. The White House yesterday walked back President Trump’s order to freeze ...

One of the most heart-warming stories in Nigeria last week was that seven governors, only three of them from Nigeria, met in Maiduguri to push forward with concerted efforts to salvage the Lake Chad ...

Once a kind of Hong Kong for Paris – a logistical hub for its operations across the Sahel – the country had remained a key stronghold ... poring over Sahel maps as if 5,000 troops from Operation ...

The Sahel is grappling with unprecedented violence, as Al-Qaeda and Islamic State-linked jihadist groups intensify their attacks on civilians and m ...

Dr. Barbu’s budget for the Office covers a range of what he terms essential items, including staff salaries, vehicles, motorbikes, consultants and public outreach across the country among others ...

Storyline: Many people in Niger have welcomed the country's departure from the Economic Community of West African States ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the bloc — now left with 12 member countries — was the culmination of a ...

Touray said ECOWAS plans to hold a technical session with the three countries to discuss the way forward. Chris Kwaja, the Nigerian director at the United States Institute of Peace, said "there ...

ECOWAS president Omar Alieu Touray told reporters in Nigeria’s capital Abuja that despite the split, the bloc hopes to still collaborate with the countries in tackling some of the region’s ...

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS. The regional bloc announced the ...