Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.

Belgium praised, on Wednesday in Rabat, the Royal Initiative aimed at enabling Atlantic access for Sahel countries, as well ...

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

The exit of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso was the culmination of a year-long process during which the regional bloc tried to ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso were to officially quit the West African bloc Ecowas Wednesday, severing ties after years of ...

The withdrawal of three Sahelian countries from the West African trade organization, set to take effect on 29 January, has ...

"The rise of junta rule in the Sahel represents a complex interplay between decolonization and destabilization." ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have officially left West Africa’s main political and trade group ECOWAS after more than a year ...

A source who asked for anonymity said Emptech is not involved in the production of the new passport for the three Sahel ...

Military-led governments in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have made a series of moves recently to assert greater control over ...

Analysis - With terrorists' attacks still on the rise, across and around the Sahel, the continuous Sudan violent armed conflict must be more than worrying. Indeed, it affects all its neighbors.

The Sahel, a semiarid region in Africa south of the Sahara Desert, has long been a focal point and an environmental issue .