BAMAKO, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for West Africa and the Sahel Leonardo Santos Simao on Friday called for the establishment of a cooperation framework ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who has led the country since a 2022 coup, want to reduce reliance on foreign aid and harness ...

Niger's National Conference has submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition ...

A national committee to chart Niger’s future has proposed that the junta-ruled country return to civilian administration in five years under new rules that strictly limit the number of political ...

Join our reporter Ngozi Egenuka as she engages Professor Abiodun Adeniyi in a detailed discussion on Africa’s political ...

In military junta-led Niger, a commission recommended a five-year transition to democratic rule. The junta's initial ...

Niger's military-led government suggests a five-year transition to democracy after a 2023 coup. The proposal alters a previous three-year timeline, leading to the country's exit from ECOWAS and ...

The cost of a daily nutritious diet in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is 110% higher than the west African region’s daily ...

Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United ...

Following the expiration of the one-year mandatory notice by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to exit the Economic Community of ...

Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, 57, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a widely circulated opinion article entitled, ‘Foreign ...

Captain Ibrahim Traore took power in Burkina Faso on 30th September 2022, citing former President Paul Henri-Damiba’s inability to deal ...