The Alliance of the Sahel States' (AES) proposal to adopt biometric passports for member nations including Mali, Burkina Faso ...

While you were sleeping, global agencies reported the following events overnight from Wednesday to Thursday. Nineteen ...

The exit of military-led Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) is seen to ...

They said their departure was immediate, but under the bloc's rules, their withdrawal takes effect a year after the announcement.

Earlier this month, soldiers swooped by helicopter into a vast mining complex in western Mali and made away with three tonnes of gold -- all done on the orders of the military government.

Three trucks, one carrying a spare driver, disappeared as they drove without an escort from Dori in Burkina Faso to Tera in ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region against rising ...

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger.

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso – who have formed their own Alliance of Sahel States – from West African bloc ...

A major journalist in Niger was in custody Saturday, an association said, a day after the private TV channel he runs was ...

The railway will connect Kano to Jigawa State, on the northern border of Nigeria, and extend to Maradi, Niger. In addition, a ...

RABAT (Reuters) - Four Moroccan truck drivers went missing on Saturday as they crossed the restive border area between Burkina Faso and Niger, a source from the Moroccan embassy in Burkina Faso ...