Russia’s ability to project its power globally has significantly waned over the course of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Military chiefs from the West African subregion are considering establishing an ECOWAS counter-terrorism brigade, amongst others.

Burkina Faso’s largest gold mine, Essakane, produces over 400,000 ounces annually. Despite benefiting from rising gold prices, the Canadian company Iamgold faces soaring costs due to insecurity. The ...

The Sahel region, long plagued by instability, terrorism, and economic marginalization, has witnessed a transformative shift with the emergence of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). The ...

The withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is the latest sign ...

Imports of major arms by African states fell by 44% between 2015–19 and 2020–24, which was mainly due to decreases in the ...

Ecowas has been struggling to keep its membership intact after Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, all junta-led states, decided to ...

Of 226 countries or territories with foreign travel advice pages, 73 are currently flagged as having no-go zones due to ...

Personal finance company HelloSafe has compiled a ranking of the world’s most expensive and most affordable travel ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has launched a 5,000-member regional counterterrorism force to tackle the growing influence of jihadist groups, particularly Islamic State’s (IS) ...

The attention of the Sahel Solidarity Campaign Network (SaS-CaN) has been drawn to reports of unending racist and xenophobic attacks targeting Blacks People living in neighbouring Mauritania. Much as ...

On Feb. 24, the Moroccan counterterror agency broke up a terrorist cell calling itself "the Lions of the Caliphate in the ...