Ivory Coast’s expulsion of French troops follows similar moves across the region, leaving a power vacuum that must be handled ...

France’s military withdrawals provide West African states with a long overdue opportunity to assert their sovereignty. But ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

In his New Year’s address, Alassane Ouattara, president of Ivory Coast since 2010—when he took power with the aid of French ...

French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent remarks about African countries’ "ingratitude" for France’s role in ...

Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Chad have joined three West African countries — Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso — asking for French troop’s withdrawal, marking a major blow to France’s waning ...

Reliance on Russia’s military offerings has become increasingly prevalent in parts of Africa, amid an aggressive push by ...

Thousands of people rallied Tuesday in Niger and Burkina Faso in support of the withdrawal of their countries from the ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force ...

Slowly but surely, linguistic communities are benefiting from initiatives to promote local languages. A French–Ewe dictionary ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...