By Amos SAFOSecurity analysts of the Alliance of Sahelian States (AES), comprising, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have cited Nigeria and the Ivory Coast as the biggest threats to their fight for ...

A makeshift village in the Mauritanian desert shelters thousands of refugees who have fled Mali in recent weeks as fighting ...

Islamist JNIM fighters have surrounded Mali's capital Bamako, blocking fuel supplies as the West African nation faces ...

The military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have launched a regional investment bank with an initial capital ...

ECOWAS declares a state of emergency as coups, political crises, and insurgency threaten West Africa's stability. Millions ...

An analysis of military coups in Africa, debunking the myth of soldiers as saviours and exploring how their rule leads to ...

The October kidnapping by suspected jihadists of an American pilot working for an evangelical Christian missionary agency in ...

Despite its lack of substantive resources, Russia is winning the battle for influence in the information space across huge ...

The military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have launched a regional investment bank capitalised at 500 ...

DAKAR, Senegal -- A Nigerian Air Force plane made an emergency landing in Burkina Faso late Monday due to an in-flight ...

Nigeria's Air Force has reacted to threatening statements by neighbouring Mali after a Nigerian military aircraft headed to ...

President Bola Tinubu is attending the 68th Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and ...