The disappearance of several Mauritanian livestock breeders in Malian territory is causing renewed tensions between the two neighbouring Sahel countries. Reported missing for three days, local…
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An envoy from West Africa’s regional bloc, ECOWAS has arrived in Mali for talks with the military junta over restoring civilian rule in the volatile country.…
Members of the reconstituted ECOWAS Council of the Wise (CoW) have been urged to “play a more active role in mediation and consultations to prevent or…
Lawmakers in Mali have approved a plan allowing the military junta to rule for up to five years, despite regional sanctions imposed on the country over…
The military-dominated Interim Government in Mali has set up dialogue mechanisms towards ending the ECOWAS and EU-imposed sanctions and for the country’s early return to constitutional…
Separatist rebels on Monday released seven Senegalese soldiers they captured last month, following negotiations involving the West African regional bloc ECOWAS. The soldiers, part of a…
Burkina Faso’s Constitutional Council in a statement Thursday stated that Coup leader Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has been recognized as the president of Burkina Faso…
The head of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Thursday that the coup in Mali was “contagious” and that it had set…
The government of Mali defaulted on $31 million of bond payments on Wednesday after sanctions over delayed elections were imposed by the country’s military junta, Mali’s…
In a swift reaction to what it described as ‘attempted coup’, the West African bloc ECOWAS has condemned in strong terms and blamed the country’s military…