Extremists have killed dozens of soldiers in an attack on a military base in Mali. That's according to civil society and ...

Qaeda linked group says it carried out a major attack on the Malian town of Boulikessi, and seized control of an army ...

An Al Qaeda-linked jihadist group active in West Africa's Sahel region has claimed an attack on a military base in Mali on Sunday that two sources said had killed more than 30 soldiers. In a separate ...

Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, says he is optimistic about the return of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to the ...

Niger’s interim president, Abdourahamane Tchiani, has accused Western nations, with a focus on France, of fueling terrorist ...

More than 400 soldiers have reportedly been killed by insurgents since the start of May in bases and towns in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, an unstable region prone to coups.

AFRICOM Chief Michael Langley has linked rising terror attacks in Africa to reduced US counterterrorism presence across the ...

The survey, which involved 1,200 people, reveals that 64% of Togolese respondents believe the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) to ...

Even without brothers who left our organization,’ ECOWAS has an ‘understanding of the need to continue together as members of ...

Member of Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Dr.  Zainab Gimba, has blamed the rising spate ...

Tuggar said although the three countries have exited ECOWAS, Nigeria and other member countries would continue relating with ...

Foreign Minister Tuggar has said ECOWAS’ door remains open to Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger’s eventual return.