Disputes surrounding the schedule of presidential and parliamentary elections are fueling the struggle for power and influence in Guinea-Bissau. Efforts by ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger introduce a 0.5% levy on imports to fund a new union after leaving ECOWAS. The Alliance of ...

West African neighbours Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods as they seek to fund a new three-state union after leaving the larger regional economic bloc, they ...

The Niger Republic has withdrawn an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa’s Lake Chad region as ...

Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as it seeks to shore up security around oil assets at home, the government said in a bulletin on ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama, yesterday said the Economic Community of West ...

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

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Ghanaian counterpart John Dramani Mahama, on Thursday reaffirmed the need for continued ...

General Abdourahamane Tchiani, Niger’s military ruler, has been sworn in on March 26 as the country’s President for a ...

Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani has led the country since 2023, after he deposed Niger’s elected President, Mohamed Bazoum. On ...

Niger's military ruler has been sworn in as the country's president for a transitional period of five years. Gen ...