As Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger prepare to withdraw from the West African bloc Ecowas, reports show an increase in instability in the region - partly due to a lack of coordination in the fight against ...

BY FOLAWIYO KAREEM OLAJOKU The recent expulsion of French troops from West African countries, including Mali, Burkina ...

As Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger prepare to withdraw from the West African bloc Ecowas, reports show an increase in ...

Youth Protests, Liberation-Era Parties Shaken, Civil War & The Ouster of West From elections to political instability, ...

Will the Alliance of Sahel States quell their struggles with Islamist militants, and ask their Russian security guests to ...

The United States military has completed its withdrawal from Niger after 11 years of military cooperation with the west ...

Ivory Coast is the latest country in West Africa to ask French troops to leave for good. It follows similar decisions by Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal and Chad. We analyse France's shrinking ...

Ivory Coast’s president announced the withdrawal of French troops from the country, joining a growing number of francophone ...

The troops are expected to leave Ivory Coast this month as France, a former colonial power in West Africa, fast loses ...

Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will begin withdrawing in January as part of a shift towards strengthening its own military forces. This move follows broader trends across West ...

The 2025 Global Persecution Index from International Christian Concern paints a sobering picture of Christian persecution across Africa’s Sahel region. Countries such as Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, ...

Large loads of timber of different species, notably rosewood, are moved across the border at night; illegal logging is carried out in numerous forest communities in Ghana’s Oti region.