Extremists have killed dozens of soldiers in an attack on a military base in Mali. That's according to civil society and ...

An al-Qaeda linked group says it carried out a major attack on the Malian town of Boulikessi, and seized control of an army ...

An Al Qaeda-linked jihadist group active in West Africa's Sahel region has claimed an attack on a military base in Mali on Sunday that two sources said had killed more than 30 soldiers. In a separate ...

Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, says he is optimistic about the return of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to the ...

Niger’s interim president, Abdourahamane Tchiani, has accused Western nations, with a focus on France, of fueling terrorist ...

Foreign Minister Tuggar has said ECOWAS’ door remains open to Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger’s eventual return.

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger — each now led by a junta — left in January, causing the biggest split to the body since its ...

AFRICOM Chief Michael Langley has linked rising terror attacks in Africa to reduced US counterterrorism presence across the ...

Member of Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Dr.  Zainab Gimba, has blamed the rising spate ...

Even without brothers who left our organization,’ ECOWAS has an ‘understanding of the need to continue together as members of ...

Tuggar said although the three countries have exited ECOWAS, Nigeria and other member countries would continue relating with ...