Western mining companies in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso face growing challenges as military juntas escalate efforts to renegotiate mining contracts...

ECOWAS has granted Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger a six-month extension, until July 2025, to reconsider their planned withdrawal from the regional...

The military juntas leading Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have pledged to confront the terrorist groups plaguing their countries. However, a recent...

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger signed a mutual defense pact, the Alliance of Sahel States, on September 16, 2023. The trio also decided to withdraw from...

The Economic Community of West African States hopes to use this time to convince the three nations to stay in the bloc.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, it has extracted at least $2.5 billion worth of gold from Africa through illicit operations facilitated by its...

The Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS has given Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger six months, from January 29 to July 29, 2025, to...