A national political forum in Mali has proposed making military leader Assimi Goïta the country’s president, with a five-year ...

The military regimes in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Niger are working to silence any criticism of the authorities in power. To suppress dissenting voices, the defence and security forces regularly ...

Mali's military leader Gen Assimi Goïta has won the backing of key political allies to be declared president for the next ...

Half a century after ECOWAS promised peace and prosperity, three breakaway states are testing West African solidarity, sparking a potential trade war.

Several thousand people rallied in support of Burkina Faso's ruling junta Wednesday, days after the military authorities said ...

Just these Easter holidays, over cups of native coffee partnered with Maguindanaon delicacies with a former classmate and ...

The strategy reflects a regional trend, with neighbouring countries Mali and Niger also seeking greater control over their ...

It was 64 years last Sunday when Sierra Leone gained its independence from its colonial master, Great Britain. It marked the end of an era ...

The Alliance is a people-led transnational force, refusing to be boxed in by the artificial boundaries imposed by colonialism ...

The foreign ministers of the Sahel States Alliance, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, welcomed an initiative launched by Moroccan ...