Breakaway Alliance of Sahel States (AES) – Mali, Niger Republic and Burkina Faso – widened the gulf between them and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member nations yesterday.

Further consolidating their breakaway from the regional economic bloc earlier in the year, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger ...

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.

The foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso, and the Niger Republic will visit Moscow this week as part of efforts to ...

Niger remains a key player in the joint military efforts to combat terrorism in the region. The public is advised to rely on ...

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

Niger’s military rulers have imposed a 0.5 percent tariff on ECOWAS imports, threatening N234 billion in Nigerian exports ...

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

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

Mistrust between AES and ECOWAS countries must be overcome to enable intelligence sharing and security cooperation. On 8 ...

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