The tri-border region has long been plagued by extremist violence. Just last month, a jihadi group attacked a village there, leaving 44 civilians dead, an attack the army attributed to the Islamic ...

Algeria has expelled 4,975 African migrants to neighboring Niger since early April, exacerbating already strained diplomatic ...

Twelve Nigerien soldiers have been killed in an attack in the west of the Sahel country and two suspects have been arrested, the army said in a statement seen by Reuters on Saturday.

At least 12 Nigerien soldiers were killed in an armed attack in Western Niger’s Tillaberi region, the army said on Sunday.

Since its founding in 1975, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been a cornerstone of regional ...

Morocco is an "essential partner" for the countries of the Sahel, including those of the Sahel States Confederation, affirmed ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has advised Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to reconsider their decision ...

Celebrations marking 50 years of the Economic Community of West African States – known as Ecowas – began in Ghana this week, ...

Council of Ministers has convened a meeting in Accra, Ghana, to deliberate on the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso ...

Algeria has launched a mass deportation exercise involving thousands of sub-Saharan African migrants to neighbouring ...