As French-speaking countries celebrate International Francophone Day, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have this week announced ...

Niger’s military junta tightens control, silencing dissent, detaining opponents, and ruling by decree. Civil liberties erode ...

NIAMEY, Niger, March 20, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Thirteen Nigerien soldiers were killed in two separate clashes with jihadist groups, the army said Wednesday. During the first incident, at a gold mining site ...

NIAMEY, Niger — As Islamist extremist groups have wrested large swaths of territory from government control in the Sahel, young men have streamed into their ranks, often compelled more by ...

Following in the footsteps of its fellow Alliance of Sahel State members (AES); Niger, Mali has decided also to exit the ...

A run-down home full of former jihadists in Niamey. A dance club in Ouagadougou ... Repression has grown so intense in parts of the Sahel that these journalists asked that we refrain from ...

Mali announced its withdrawal from the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) on Tuesday, following similar ...

Niger earlier suspended cooperation with the International Organization of Francophone Nations, calling it a tool of Paris ...

Niger's junta leader General Abdourahamane Tiani attends the first ordinary summit of heads of state and governments of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) in Niamey, Niger on July 6, 2024.  Junta-led ...

Burkina Faso officially withdrew from the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) on Feb. 28, 2025, the ...

For China, protecting African interests is the major driver behind its military diplomacy in the Sahel. China has significant investments in Niger's oil sector. PetroChina, a subsidiary of China ...

Mali has withdrawn from a global alliance of French-speaking countries, days after two of its neighbors took the same step.