Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso face the task of untangling themselves from West Africa’s main regional bloc, Ecowas, after ...

It led to the creation of the Alliance of Sahel States in July 2024. The survey also covered perceptions of foreign influence in Togo and discrimination against women and girls among other topics.

Military governments in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are asserting greater control over their natural resources, taking back ...

Finance and economy ministers from the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) have moved to accelerate the operationalization of the Confederal Bank for Investment and Development (BCID-AES), a key financial ...

They created their own security partnership, the Alliance of Sahel States, in September last year. Algeria has one of Africa’s largest militaries and has long considered itself a regional power.

President John Dramani Mahama has announced a significant breakthrough in efforts to mend the fractured ties between ECOWAS and the Alliance of Sahel States, comprising Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, ...

In a major geopolitical development, Niger has signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with Russia, marking the completion of ...

The meeting in the format of Russia - Alliance of Sahel States at the level of foreign ministers took place on April 3 in Moscow. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his counterparts from Burkina ...

/TASS/. The next meeting between Russia and the Alliance of Sahel States at the level of foreign ministers will be held in one of the alliance countries, the Russian Foreign MInistry said.

They then created their own security partnership, known as the Alliance of Sahel States, severed military ties with longstanding Western partners such as U.S. and France, and turned to Russia for ...

Mali denies the drone crossed the border, and the three-country bloc — the Alliance of Sahel States or AES — called the downing an “irresponsible act” that violated international law.