West African leaders considered military intervention to stop Niger from falling under the sway of a junta following a coup.

After overthrowing civilian governments between 2020 and 2023, Mali, Burkina and Niger have created the Alliance of Sahel States (AES).

Interpol, in collaboration with West African police forces, has carried out a series of successful operations targeting ...

Societe Generale , France's third-biggest listed lender, has agreed to sell its subsidiary in Mauritania to a consortium led ...

The Joe Biden administration on 16 January sanctioned the head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) for destabilising the ...

Defence agreements broken with Chad and Senegal, controversy sparked by French President Emmanuel Macron’s remarks, talks ...

Over the past decade, France has been forced out of over 70 percent of the African nations where it once maintained a ...

President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno and his ruling party, the Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS), have established a strong foothold in the Chadian political landscape following the recent ...

France is set to withdraw its military forces from Chad, following a recent attack on the presidential palace. Despite this, ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou passed the first test of his new minority government on Thursday as he survived a vote ...

I’m also honored to be E&P ‘s 2024 Publisher of the Year, the first time in the 125 years of this award it has been given to a Black woman publisher – We are proud to provide no paywall journalism for ...

Mali’s new penal code came into effect on 13 December 2024. It equates same-sex sexual relations with indecent assault and ...