France’s military withdrawals provide West African states with a long overdue opportunity to assert their sovereignty. But ...

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

The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried ...

LAGOS : Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa’s main political and trade group Ecowas ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have officially severed ties with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), ...

French troops completed their withdrawal from Chad this week before a January 31 deadline, the latest blow to France’s ...

The relationship between Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger is getting tighter. The junta-led allies will own common passport from January 29, the date of their departure from regional bloc ECOWAS.

Amid a decade-long push by African countries to abolish colonial-era wigs in judicial systems, posts have surfaced online claiming Burkina Faso’s President Captain Ibrahim Traore has officially banned ...

The Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are officially leaving the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Wednesd ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has officially recognized the exit of three of its former member ...

This began with Mali's expulsion of French troops in 2022, followed by similar actions in Burkina Faso and Chad. France completed its withdrawal from Mali in 2024 after nine years of intervention ...