However, recent coups in countries like Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger -- which recently formed the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) -- is no doubt threatening the trend as countries like Guinea, led by ...

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A coalition of civil society organizations had called for a protest after authorities said they arrested a French 'spy’. Many ...

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A Nigerien-Ivorian journalist has been jailed in Niger over allegations he attempted to destabilise fellow junta-led Sahel nation Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast's consul to Niger said on Wednesday.

The son of one of Mali's top politicians says the country's ruling junta has arrested his father for criticizing the military ...

The West African nation's military rulers, who took power in a coup last year, have pulled away from Western partners and ...

Russia's outreach in Africa. Niger’s mining minister said on Wednesday that his government has invited Russian companies to explore natural resources, ...

Niger’s military junta has banned the French aid group Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, or Acted, from ...

Niger's military rulers on Tuesday withdrew French humanitarian NGO Acted's licence to operate amid tensions with its former colonial ruler.