Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Burkina Faso's Captain Ibrahim Traore sit next to Niger's General Abdourahamane Tiani in Niamey, on 5 July 2024. (AFP - -) The ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger collectively declared their withdrawal from the 15-nation ECOWAS, alleging that it undermines their sovereignty by acting as an instrument for foreign interests. The ...

Niger has officially joined Burkina Faso as the second member of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) to roll out a biometric ...

BAMAKO, Mali — West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries formally quit the group, forming their own alliance and weakening the bloc's ...

DAKAR (Reuters) -The military-led West African countries Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, denouncing it as "a tool of neocolonial ...

Burkina Faso leader Capt. Ibrahim Traoré gave no details in his comments after being named the new head of the Alliance of Sahel States, whose three military-led members withdrew from West Africa's ...

It was a somewhat surprising meeting. On Monday, the Taliban government received a delegation at its embassy in Tehran led by Burkina Faso’s ambassador to Iran, Mohammad Kaboré.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The head of an alliance of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger declared Tuesday that the launch of a joint battalion “must be followed by large-scale operations in the coming days” in a ...