The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday announced the formal exit of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso ...

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

Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's main political and trade group ECOWAS on ...

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

Tuesday closed up +2 (+0.02), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) closed down -11 (-0.12%). Cocoa prices on Tuesday ...

Thousands of people rallied Tuesday in Niger and Burkina Faso in support of the withdrawal of their countries from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, which is due to take effect ...

A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...

While the US has sought to expand its presence across Africa, its influence in the West African Sahel region has declined, writes Farouk Hussein Abu Deif ...

French troop withdrawal in West Africa signals the end of 'Françafrique' and shifts geopolitical dynamics with Russia and ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force ...

East African countries have plenty to offer Western miners in the coming years, notably the relative absence of strongarm ...

Seybata sits cross-legged on a worn blue mat in a sun-dappled compound in Harobanda, a neighbourhood in Niger's capital, Niamey. Her hands deftly stitch a large calico cloth, which she and a friend ...