Forty-five people have been arrested in west Africa over the past three months in operations targeting drugs trafficking and the financing of terrorism, said global police body Interpol on Thursday.

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.

In response, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso announced their exit last January and accused ECOWAS of failing to safeguard ...

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

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused the bloc of having double standards in punishing their military juntas. Negotiations ...

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 ...

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

French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent remarks about African countries’ "ingratitude" for France’s role in ...

Tizeti, a Y Combinator-backed solar-powered internet service provider operating in West Africa, has appointed Oluwadamilola ...

The mystery of why our nightingale population has plummeted far below our neighbours in Europe may have been explained.