The head of an alliance of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger says the launch of a joint battalion “must be followed by large-scale operations in the coming days." ...

The West African nation of Niger is severing diplomatic relations with Ukraine, government spokesperson Amadou Abdramane announced on Aug. 6, two days after neighboring Mali made a similar ...

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have moved to tighten regional security coordination with the official launch of a joint military force, a new alliance-driven effort to confront Islamist violence and ...

Since withdrawing from ECOWAS, the post-coup countries have inaugurated a new bank, TV station and joint military force.

The Nigerien government’s new decree allows rapid escalation of mobilisation to safeguard territorial integrity, sovereignty ...

Just days after a July coup d'état in the African nation of Niger, a person linked to the Russian military made his way through the country’s closed borders to its capital of Niamey, then visited ...

Two African countries have announced travel bans against U.S. citizens in retaliation for President Donald Trump's travel ...

Mali and Burkina Faso have barred U.S. citizens from entering their territories in response to visa restrictions imposed by ...

Johannesburg — Hundreds of people joined demonstrations in Niger's capital city of Niamey on Thursday, protesting against sanctions imposed on the country by many of its neighbors in the wake of a ...

Mali imposed a separate reciprocal visa restriction on U.S. citizens in October, when the country announced a $5,000 to ...

RABAT (Reuters) - Mali and Niger have agreed a comprehensive peace deal with Tuareg rebel groups under which 1,100 fighters have already laid down their arms, said Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who ...

The head of an alliance of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger declared Tuesday that the launch of a joint battalion “must be followed by large-scale operations in the coming days" in a region plagued by ...