Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request in 2013, France has given up most of its military footprint across west ...

The senator said that Nigeria, as Head of ECOWAS, had insisted on the restoration of constitutional democracy in Niger ...

The defence chiefs of ECOWAS countries, except for Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea, and Niger, in Accra on August 17, 2024.

Niger State Government on Wednesday announced the rescue of 21 children who were being trafficked through the state to Niger ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

Lack of military coordination and tension among countries in Africa's Lake Chad region are hindering efforts to end a more ...

Donald J. Trump is back to killing terrorists and threatening anyone that harms Americans — and it is glorious.

France officially ended its decades-long military presence in Chad, its last stronghold in the West African region. The shift ...

ShareThe bid to address the lin- gering insecurity in the country and by extension the Lake Chad Basin Re- gion came under ...

Traditional rulers in the four countries met in Maiduguri, resolved to partner with various governments in the region to ...

France has handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities. The move on Thursday came two months after the ...

The 613 men reached Niger’s closest town to the Libyan border ... Last year, hundreds of African citizens were forcibly returned from Libya to Chad, Egypt, Sudan and Tunisia, according to ...