Three Sahel nations exit West African bloc as regional politics shift
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso were to officially quit the West African bloc Ecowas Wednesday, severing ties after years of ...
3 coup-hit West African nations formally leave ECOWAS in an unprecedented disintegration
The three junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known ...
Mali seizes $290 mn in gold from Canadian mine as Sahel juntas push for resource control
Military-led governments in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have made a series of moves recently to assert greater control over ...
In an Aging World, a Youthful Africa Steps Up
Forecasts suggest that by 2100 a majority of the world’s babies will be African, leading to predictions of an “African ...
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Thousands take to the streets to mark Niger's departure from ECOWAS
The official departure from the West African body on Tuesday comes after Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali last year formed their ...
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Many jubilate in Burkina Faso, Niger over exit from ECOWAS
Scores of people on Tuesday rallied in Niger and Burkina Faso in support of the withdrawal of their countries from the ...
Omane Boamah commends Mahama for appointment of Gbevlo-Lartey as AES envoy
Designate, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, has expressed his admiration for the appointment of Larry Gbevlo-Lartey as the Special ...
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The decline of US influence in West Africa
While the US has sought to expand its presence across Africa, its influence in the West African Sahel region has declined, writes Farouk Hussein Abu Deif ...
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Thousands rally in Burkina, Mali and Niger to cheer ECOWAS exit
Thousands of people rallied in junta-led Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali on Tuesday to back their withdrawal from the Economic ...
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Nigeria: UN High-Level Mission Visits Bama, Borno State, Ahead of Fifth Lake Chad Basin Governors' Forum
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mr. Leonardo Santos Simão, the SRSG for the UN Regional Office for Central ...