The Niger Republic has withdrawn an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa’s Lake Chad region as ...

The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), which also includes soldiers from Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon, has been working to stem the insurgency since 2015, but progress has been hobbled by division ...

Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, has been sworn in as the country’s president for a transition period of five ...

Burkina Faso's ruling military junta has arrested three prominent journalists, escalating its crackdown on media freedom in ...

Like military rulers in Mali and Burkina Faso, Niger authorities also went on to kick out French and other European forces, and left the West African economic group, Ecowas. Mali, Niger and ...

Since then Niger has left the bloc alongside Mali and Burkina Faso, in protest of harsh sanctions which the bloc announced to force a return to democracy in Niger. Critics say Niger's junta has ...

Niger was, however, suspended from the OIF in December 2023, following its coup d'état. Burkina Faso and Mali were also ...

The President of Ghana, John Mahama, on Thursday visited President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the State House in Abuja. The visit, ...

Ostensibly meant to foster greater cooperation between Francophone countries, the three countries allege that the ...

Ghanaian President John Mahama has expressed concern over the complexity of efforts to reintegrate Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger into the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), stating ...

The junta-run country quit the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, an international group of French-speaking ...

As French-speaking countries celebrate International Francophone Day, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have this week announced ...