The ECOWAS Court on Friday dismissed a suit filed by an Ivorian citizen, Zadi Philipe, seeking damages for alleged suffering from ...

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ruled that the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has the legal right to impose sanctions on Burkina ...

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

Despite their citizens being among Africa’s poorest, Mali, Niger,and Burkina Faso boast mineral riches beyond the dreams of most nations. All three Sahel countries have sizable gold deposits, and ...

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso no longer orient themselves towards France or Western business interests. As demand for raw ...

Criminal gangs take orders for specific models, use teenagers to grab them and quickly export them through ports up and down ...

Nigeria has signed new contracts with its West African neoughour, Niger Republic, and North African partner, Algeria, ...

Blocks offer divergent risk profiles — one hosting gas prospects near infrastructure, the other hosting structures similar to ...

As Mdou Moctar prepared to launch their tour in support of an upcoming acoustic album, bassist Mikey Coltun was looking forward to the spontaneity of it. “We’ve never done it,” Coltun said last week.

China stands a good chance of taking advantage of the dwindling western presence in the Sahel region of west Africa.

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).