Militaries that have taken power in Africa's Sahel region—notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger—have put pressure on western ...

Citizens' loud complaints in recent times about the high cost of living in the country, about the high cost of governance while leaders live in splendour, the reluctance of governments to pay a living ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS BAMAKO, Mali -- West ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — West Africa’s regional bloc known as ECOWAS is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries formally quit the group, forming their own alliance and ...

In early January, Côte d’Ivoire announced that French troops would be withdrawing from the country and the military ... s continued influence in Western Africa and its international standing.

Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Chad have joined three West African countries — Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso — asking for French troop’s withdrawal, marking a major blow to France’s waning ...

It is the strategic framework for delivering on Africa’s goal for inclusive and sustainable development and is a concrete manifestation of the pan-African drive for unity, self-determination, freedom, ...

West Africa observers are also concerned the withdrawal will ... On Tuesday, some people in the three departing countries' capitals took to the streets to celebrate the withdrawal. But not everyone ...

African legal network ALN has entered into an exclusive partnership with a Ghanaian law firm in a move to expand into West Africa’s ... have been operating in the country through local ...

On January 29, 2024, the three countries led by military regimes formally notified ECOWAS of their desire for "immediate" withdrawal. But the texts of the West African organisation required one ...