Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

The junta-led governments of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have established ... Also, Mody said the unified force will have its own personnel as well as air, land and intelligence resources and ...

Canadian miner Barrick Gold said it will have to suspend mining operations in Mali after the government seized gold stocks from the company's Loulo-Gounkoto complex and flew them out by helicopter ...

A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled central Sahel region, Niger's defence chief said on state television.

Soldiers of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali MINUSMA patrol in the streets ... three of its soldiers were wounded when they came under fire, the force added a few hours later.

West Africa’s junta-led nations – Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali – are set to deploy ... the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) force, equipped with air assets, intelligence resources, and ...