Parliament has urged Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger to reconsider their decision and return to the regional bloc.The three Sahel countries officially left ECOWAS earlier this year, citing the ...

He has never left Nigeria, yet he speaks glowingly of Ibrahim Traore, the military leader of Burkina Faso."Nigeria needs ...

The Sahel continues to be the region with the most terrorist violence, with Burkina Faso again being the country with the ...

Thousands of people rallied in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in support of the military junta after an ...

GNA-The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES), were received in audience by His Majesty King Mohammed VI. Mr. Karamoko ...

Five Indian citizens were kidnapped in western Niger during an attack last week by armed men that also killed a dozen soldiers, according to two Nigerian security sources and a statement by Indian ...

A national political conference launched by Mali’s military regime has recommended naming junta leader Gen. Assimi Goita, who ...

Morocco's initiative to offer access for Sahel countries to the trade network and routes of the Atlantic Ocean has been endorsed by the landlocked countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger ...

A two-day high level policy dialogue that seeks to provide a platform to discuss strategies to address the concerns of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) countries with the aim of rein­tegrating them ...

A former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Charles Owiredu, has described the upcoming ECOWAS Summit in Accra as a critical opportunity to re-engage the military-led governments of Burkina Faso ...

He explained that ECOWAS had previously attempted to build a Sahel strategy but met strong opposition from countries like Algeria. “When the G5 Sahel was created, applications by other ECOWAS ...