The French military base in Abidjan will officially be handed over to Ivory Coast on February 20 during a ceremony attended ...

The defence chiefs of ECOWAS countries, except for Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea, and Niger, in Accra on August 17, 2024.

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

The defense chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries excluding Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea and Niger, pose for a group photo during their ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...

France officially ended its decades-long military presence in Chad, its last stronghold in the West African region. The shift ...

The French army has handed over its last base in Chad in a military ceremony in the capital N'Djamena, the general staffs of ...

On Thursday January 30, Chad officially took control of France’s final military base in the country, marking the culmination ...

N’DJAMENA, Chad — France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the ...

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...

According to Hamoud Abdel Wedoud Kamil, World Bank Country Manager for Burkina Faso, “Human development is critical for social inclusion and a top priority for the World Bank. This project is aimed at ...

Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Chad have joined three West African countries — Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso — asking for French troop’s withdrawal, marking a major blow to France’s waning ...