Mamou Toure and Samba Toure, key members of the government's negotiating team, both used to work in Mali for Randgold, a ...

Two former company executives with inside knowledge of Barrick Gold's operations in West Africa are helping to push Mali's demands for a payment of around $200 million from the Canadian miner, sources ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request in 2013, France has given up most of its military footprint across west ...

The last French base, Sergent Adji Kossei, was handed over to Chadian authorities on January 30, 2025. Chad’s government decided to end military cooperation with France last year, saying the ...

The families of four Moroccan truck drivers who vanished near the Burkina Faso-Niger border have issued an urgent plea to the Moroccan authorities, requesting immediate action to locate their missing ...

Danso, security and international relations expert, says the exit of three junta-led states from the West Africa bloc would ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have officially withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), following months of tense relati ...

This Monday, a conference was convened by the Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development, with other civil society ...

STORY: French troops lowered their flag from a base in Chad on Friday, marking the end of France's military presence in the ...