Sahel Alliance leaders meet in Bamako to deepen break with ECOWAS
The Alliance of Sahel States is taking its next steps toward regional autonomy, with the military leaders of Mali, Niger ...
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Coup contagion? A rash of African power grabs suggests copycats are taking note of others’ success
In a scene that has become familiar across parts of Africa of late, a group of armed men in military ...
Burkina Faso starts building first expressway in push to modernize
Approximately 332 km long, Burkina Faso's first expressway will connect the capital Ouagadougou and Bobo Dioulasso in the country's south-west. ...
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger launch Sahel regional force
At an airforce base in Bamako, Mali's army ruler General Assimi Goita presided over a ceremony marking the creation of ...
Sahel states say Nigerian plane violated airspace over Burkina Faso
States in Africa's Sahel region accused Nigeria of violating their airspace, saying one of its military transport planes landed in ...
JNIM terrorists kill at least 10 soldiers in Niger, sources say
Militants from the al Qaeda-linked Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) killed at least 10 soldiers in an attack in western ...
Terrorist takeover of Mali is far-fetched, foreign minister says
Mali's foreign minister has dismissed as implausible the notion that terrorists could soon take the capital, in the first extensive ...
Marka, people of Mali and Burkina Faso
The Marka (or Marka Dafing, Meka, or Maraka) are an ethnic group that primarily concentrated in Mali and Burkina Faso. ...
AES Confederation ‘will not stand by in the face of attacks,’ Mali PM tells UN
Speaking to the UN on Friday, Mali’s prime minister accused Algeria of ‘international terrorism’ over the downing of a Malian ...
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger announce exit from International Criminal Court
The military-led West African countries Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, denouncing ...
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