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

By SUNNY IKHIOYA President Donald Trump of the United States of America means different things to different people. You either hate him or like him, but he is consistent with whatever position he ...

It's tempting to conflate France's military exit from Cote d'Ivoire with its withdrawals from other regional countries. But there are key differences. The post France's Military Exit From Cote ...

With France fast losing its influence in west Africa's Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China fill the vacuum?The Sahel region covers 10 countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, ...

It's also been forging new diplomatic ties and left regional group ecowas in January. The shifts come amidst an ongoing security crisis, in which several Nigerian troops killed in an extremist ...

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 ...

The outing would see the President participating in the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the AU Heads of State and, in his capacity as ECOWAS Chairman, provide a detailed report on the ...

Beyond the competition itself, the ECOWAS Abuja International Marathon represents an opportunity to promote health, youth empowerment, and regional unity through sports. With over $71,000 in prize ...

ABUJA —THE Presidency said yesterday that some West African countries that opted out of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, after the enthronement of military government were ...

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico – When Mexico's president offered to send 10,000 troops to the U.S. border, it was an easy response to President Donald Trump's tariff threats. Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo has ...

REUTERS But during his Friday evening address, Zelensky announced the troops were “brought in again” and conducted “assaults” alongside Russian troops in Kursk, as Ukraine pursued a new ...

That would eventually bring the total to about 3,600 active duty troops at the border. A federal judge is to consider whether to block DOGE access to the US Labor Department The order has been ...