The three Sahelian countries teamed up to form a confederation called the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) as they exit ECOWAS Wednesday.
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...
The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried ...
The M23 rebel group's assault on the Democratic Republic of the Congo's eastern city of Goma has brought familiar dangers for Congolese journalists, who for years have navigated intimidation and ...
These developments have led some analysts to believe Russia’s influence and ability to project power in the Sahel is waning, ...
The United States and France and some other Western countries stand accused of disrupting peace and security in the ...
The BBC has seen contracts that show that these hired soldiers were being paid around $5,000 (£4,000) a month.
The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...