The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

The Economic Community of West African States announced recently that the three-member nations where coup plotters overthrew elected governments had finally exited the community. Issues related to ...

Widely seen as West Africa’s leading political and regional authority, the 15-nation bloc was formed in 1975 to “promote economic integration” among its member states. The bloc has also often ...

West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS is facing significant challenges after three countries formally quit the group ...

The ruling military junta of Niger Republic has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, to immediately ...

The 1990s brought some positive changes. With the end of the Cold War, dozens of African countries experienced ...

Forget Duolingo or following an exam syllabus, language lessons for players start with football terminology and team-mate's nicknames ...

An ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso this week, Niger’s ruling military junta said. An intervention unit was sent to the ...

The Trump administration's decision to suspend American aid to foreign countries for 90 days has caught many African governments off guard. In the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), ...

CEOs of gold mining companies have noted that Mali's new mining code will require adjustments to encourage gold companies to ...

Star-studded Inter Miami are the talk of MLS, but in San Diego, the expansion side's academy-first model could soon be the ...