Burkina Faso’s Justice Ministry announced that approximately 1,200 people convicted in connection with the coup attempt would ...

Niger has withdrawn from the military coalition fighting Islamist insurgency groups in the Lake Chad region of west-central Africa, saying it will focus instead on protecting its oil operations from ...

The levy, which took effect last Friday, applies to all goods from ECOWAS member states entering any of the three nations, except for humanitarian aid.

World Happiness Report ranked Israel higher than the US, which dropped to its lowest position. The report highlighted social ...

The juntas in West Africa have discovered the sweetness of power and seem reluctant to hand it back to civilians.

On March 27, 2025, the Ghanaian-registered fishing vessel MENGXIN 1 was subjected to an armed attack 16 nautical miles (NM) south of Accra in the Gulf of Guinea.

Since January 2025 when Niger, Niger and Burkina Faso and Mali officially withdrew their membership of the Economic ...

In recent years, the Sahel region has been shaken by a series of coups and shifts in governance that have significantly ...

The goal of the African Continental Free Trade Area is to make Africa a single market with no trade restrictions between ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), has introduced a 0.5 percent levy on imported goods from several West African countries, ...

The military juntas of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have imposed a new 0.5 percent levy on imported goods from Nigeria and ...