The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday announced the formal exit of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso ...

Forty-five people have been arrested in west Africa over the past three months in operations targeting drugs trafficking and ...

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.

A vessel drifting in the Caribbean Sea contained 19 badly decomposed bodies, at least some from Mali, authorities in the ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

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

Pretoria’s foreign policy focus on multilateralism, development and reforming global governance will be seriously tested by ...

Thousands of people rallied Tuesday in Niger and Burkina Faso in support of the withdrawal of their countries from the ...

A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...

Health authorities say they've identified at least 44 contacts of the deceased, including 30 hospital staff and patients.