The Russia-backed Wagner Group says it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists ...

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.

The International Committee of the Red Cross says it has suspended its operations in Niger after the West African nation's government ordered the closure of its offices, citing alleged collusion with ...

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

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is “confident” that Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will return to the regional bloc, Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar said on Wednesday.

The military leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Saturday signed a mutual defence pact, ministerial delegations from the three Sahel countries announced in Mali's capital Bamako. The ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso pulled out of ECOWAS in January following disagreements with the regional body over its rejection of military takeover of government in the three countries.

Despite Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso's exit from ECOWAS, Commission President Omar Alieu Touray told FRANCE 24 that he remains hopeful West Africa will stay united. He highlighted the bloc’s ...

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

Niger, alongside Burkina Faso and Mali, have all drawn closer to Russia at the expense of former colonial power France and the west. Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have introduced new mining codes ...

Yakubu Gowon, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, have expressed optimism that Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso will return to the fold of the Economic Community of West ...