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. The military leaders had already teamed up to form the Confederation of Sahel States.

The exit of military-led Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) is seen to hurt

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso – who have formed their own Alliance of Sahel States – from West African bloc Ecowas is set to take effect on 29 January, with security experts and

The Alliance of the Sahel States' (AES) proposal to adopt biometric passports for member nations including Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger may go into effect by the end of the month. ・The Sahel States' Alliance plans to adopt biometric passports for member nations including Mali,

DAKAR, Senegal — The junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region, Niger's defense minister ...

A group known as Muryar Talaka Awareness Initiative has commended the federal government over its diplomatic efforts in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso.

Mali's military government is holding gold seized from Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto mine site at state-owned Banque Malienne de Solidarite (BMS), two sources said, as the miner pursues plans to suspend its operations in the country.

They said their departure was immediate, but under the bloc's rules, their withdrawal takes effect a year after the announcement.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A rebel alliance in Mali said Tuesday it has freed a Spanish man who was kidnapped in southern Algeria last week. The Azawad Liberation Front, or FLA, a coalition of separatist armed groups in Mali’s predominately Tuareg north, said on X that it freed Spanish citizen Gilbert Navarro.

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Unusual flooding has destroyed rice farms worth millions of naira in Shonga, Edu Local Government Area in Kwara State.This is as the state Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has inaugurated a high-level committee to investigate the unusual flooding that submerged thousands of hectares of rice farmIn a statement issued on Sunday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor,

An unusual flooding incident has devastated several hectares of rice farmlands in Shonga, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State . The flood, which occurred last Thursday, was triggered by the overflow of the River Niger. A source close to the community described the destruction as extensive.