Tag: Sahel

Niger president says coup will have 'devastating' fallo...

The appeal was Bazoum's first lengthy statement since his presidential guard det...

West Africa envoys to fly to coup-hit Niger as European...

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders on Sunday imposed tra...

First evacuation flight from coup-hit Niger lands in Fr...

After anti-French protests unleashed by the coup, Paris on Tuesday said it would...

Junta-led Burkina and Mali warn against military interv...

The warning from Niger's military-ruled neighbours came a day after West African...

Niger army general declares himself country's new leader

General Abdourahamane Tchiani, head of the Presidential Guard since 2011, appear...

France says Niger coup not 'final' as putschists win ar...

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said there were 'ways out' for coup pl...

Burkina junta ends silence over massacre by men 'in arm...

Burkina Faso's military-run government on Thursday broke its silence over a mass...

Burkina Faso to recruit 5,000 soldiers to battle jihadists

The country announced a recruitment drive for 5,00 soldiers that will serve in t...

African Union vows 'zero tolerance' to undemocratic change

Leaders of the 55-nation bloc met in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa at the 36...

W.Africa coastal states eye more cooperation over Sahel...

Gulf of Guinea neighbours Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo are confronting inc...

Pro-Russia demonstrators rally in Burkina after coup

The impoverished Sahel state plunged into turmoil at the weekend when Lieutenant...

African Union condemns latest Burkina Faso coup

Junior officers toppled a junta leader on Friday, saying he had failed to fight ...

11 soldiers killed, 50 missing after jihadist attack, B...

Violence has raged in the landlocked west African country after Lieutenant-Colon...

Togo extends state of emergency in troubled north

The country has recorded at least five attacks since November, as the West Afric...

Mali hits out at Macron over 'neocolonial' attitude

France is reconfiguring its posture in the Sahel after falling out with the mili...

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