A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.
Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's main political and trade group ECOWAS on Wednesday after more than a year of diplomatic tensions. The withdrawal has ...
However, across several Francophone countries, official communication, such as public communiques, the news, or even lectures, is delivered in standard French. In Mali, where the military ...
Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa’s main political and trade group Ecowas today after more than a year of diplomatic tensions. The withdrawal has ...
Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way ...
It will now have only 12: Mauritania left in 2000. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, though not the most populous or economically strong countries in the region, account for more than half the ...
Mali is set to get 750 billion CFA francs ($1.2 billion) from miners in the first quarter this year following an overhaul of its mining sector. In late December, Mali had received 500 billion CFA ...
President John Dramani Mahama has voiced concerns over the growing threat of terrorism in neighbouring countries. During a meeting with Mali’s Prime Minister, General Abdoulaye Maiga ...
Azerbaijan has imposed restrictions on the import of animal products from certain regions in Greece, Poland, Nigeria, and the United Kingdom, Azernews reports, citing the Azerbaijan Food Safety ...