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

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

The passport, set to be available from January 29, is part of their new alliance, the Confederation of Sahel States (AES).

The Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have officially withdrawn from regional economic bloc ECOWAS in the wake of decisions made a year ago, the multination body said on Wednesday.

Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's main political and trade group ECOWAS on ...

A Spanish man kidnapped by an armed group in the turbulent Algeria-Mali border region was heading home on Wednesday as Madrid ...

And, as they’ve always done, their songs are socio-political in nature. The opener, “Toukambela,” is a reworking of a song recorded by one of Mali’s revered dance bands in 1970. The title refers to a ...

And so it is with a tiny scrap, penned by Marshall in the unpleasant political and winter weather of January 1801. “Mr. Marshall accepts with great pleasure the invitation of the President to ...

Barrick Gold Corp. says it has initiated the temporary suspension of operations at its Loulo-Gounkoto mining complex in Mali.Barrick Gold Corp. logo is shown in a handout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO ...

The suspension of all activities at Loulo-Gounkoto and the tense standoff with authorities come at a critical time for Mali’s mining industry, which faces the complexities of political ...