The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...
Experts dubbed those countries a “coup belt.” Among others, that belt includes Burkina Faso. Russia and the juntas frame the anti-West glissade as a start of decolonization processes leading ...
A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and ...
Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in neighbouring Burkina Faso, describing scenes of sometimes indiscriminate ...
Burkina Faso is leaving the West African regional bloc ECOWAS to join counterterrorism forces with Niger and Mali. The junta ...
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ECOWAS pledges to ‘keep door open’ after 3 coup-hit West African nations exit regional blocThe three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried to avert its unprecedented disintegration.
In a huge blow to Ecowas, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are leaving to forge ahead with their own group. Burkina Faso's Capt Ibrahim Traore had a holstered pistol in what some saw a security breach.
The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso – who have formed their own Alliance of Sahel States – from West African bloc Ecowas is set to take effect on 29 January, with security experts ...
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