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

The withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has officially ...

The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried ...

Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's main political and trade group ECOWAS on ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have officially withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), marking ...

The ECOWAS bloc has offered some concessions to Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger following their exit from the union ・ECOWAS ...

France’s military withdrawals provide West African states with a long overdue opportunity to assert their sovereignty. But ...

France has faced major setbacks in Africa in recent months. Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad, Senegal and Ivory Coast have all ousted France from their territory. France has also been at odds with ...

Under his leadership, Burkina Faso has distanced itself from France, a former colonial power and longtime ally. Burkina Faso’s military government publicly declared the termination of its ...

A Catholic charity has made it possible for a diocese in Burkina Faso to provide six months' basic food supply to impoverished IDPs (internally displaced persons). Bishop Joseph Sama of Nouna has ...

France exists today thanks to our ancestors ... voicing regret that many of his peers "had not yet understood this." Burkina Faso has been under army rule since January 2022.

Chad, Senegal and now Ivory Coast have followed Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso in asking France to withdraw its troops from their soil. The reasons vary - from growing anti-French sentiment to calls for ...