The Russia-backed Wagner Group said Friday it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists and insurgents in the country.

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 ...

Islamist militants hit two more military installations on Wednesday and Thursday, Mali's army said, the latest in a quick spate of attacks that the insurgents say have killed hundreds of soldiers and ...

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

In response, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso announced their exit from the body last January 2024 and accused ECOWAS of failing to safeguard member states and of aligning too closely with foreign powers.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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