N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation ...

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

Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's main political and trade group ECOWAS on ...

The ECOWAS bloc has offered some concessions to Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger following their exit from the union ・ECOWAS ...

The relationship between Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger is getting tighter. The junta-led allies will own common passport from January 29, the date of their departure from regional bloc ECOWAS.

Amid a decade-long push by African countries to abolish colonial-era wigs in judicial systems, posts have surfaced online claiming Burkina Faso’s President Captain Ibrahim Traore has officially banned ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has officially recognized the exit of three of its former member ...

This began with Mali's expulsion of French troops in 2022, followed by similar actions in Burkina Faso and Chad. France completed its withdrawal from Mali in 2024 after nine years of intervention ...

The three countries led by military regimes formally notified ECOWAS of their desire for “immediate” withdrawal. But the texts of the West African organisation required one year’s notice for it ...

The United States and France and some other Western countries stand accused of disrupting peace and security in the ...

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