Military budgets in Africa vary as governments allocate funds to national security and strategic defence. Increased spending ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...

The Alliance for Sahel States (AES) has replaced ECOWAS passports with new biometric passports for its member states ・The ...

Analysis - The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) lost three of its founding members on 29 January 2025. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger comprised 16% of the bloc's population of 424 ...

Following the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from ECOWAS, there are now fewer countries that Nigerian passport ...

The cost of a daily nutritious diet in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is 110% higher than the west African region’s daily ...

Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United ...

It is one of around 15 African countries to have authorised the use of Starlink's thousands of satellites on their territory.

The Republic of Niger has implemented strict immigration measures, now requiring Nigerians traveling with ECOWAS passports to ...

Civil war-torn Sudan was particularly vulnerable with 43 percent of children unvaccinated, followed by Mali on 22 percent and Chad on 16 percent, said Sabahelzain, from the School of Public Health at ...

ShareAs regional efforts by African leaders to ensure adequate power take shape, the World Bank has lauded the continental projection. The global lender in a report titled, “Powering Africa: The ...