The move clears the way for Assimi Goita to lead Mali until at least 2030, despite pledge to return to civilian rule.

The alliance of Sahel states have officially launched the Alliance of Agricultural Seed Producers of the Sahel (APSA-Sahel), ...

Former Nigerian President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to ...

Rights groups call out state repression after violent crackdown on protests against Faure Gnassingbe’s extended rule.

Countries like Niger and Mali are positioned to become green hydrogen hubs due to their low LCOH, high production density, ...

The 2024 crisis exposed structural faults at the core of the West African regional body. At 50, can the once-great ...

Al Itissan Al-Jadeed has been contracted to oversee an upgrade of the passport and national ID systems of the Republic of ...

Morocco’s $1.3bn Atlantic Initiative aims to link Sahel nations to the ocean via Western Sahara, despite coups, rivalries, ...

A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to ...

2025 - Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger officially withdrew from ECOWAS on Jan. 29, leaving the West African bloc with 12 member states.

Former Liberian President George Manneh Weah has extended congratulations to Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio following his election as Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and ...

Burkina, Mali, and the Niger Republic are among 54 African countries that will be hosted in Nigeria for the African Chiefs of Defence Staff Summit . The summit, designed to discourage Africa-led ...