West Africa bloc offers junta-led states six months to rethink exit
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have a six-month grace period after their scheduled exit from West Africa's main political ...
West Africa regional bloc approves exit timeline for 3 coup-hit member states
In a first in the 15-nation bloc’s nearly 50 years of existence, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso announced in January that they ...
Mali arrests, Niger site seizure rattle Western miners
The arrest of mining executives in Mali, threats by Burkina Faso's junta to strip permits and the seizure of a French-run ...
Posts claiming Mali is the first debt-free country in Africa are false
In October, the Malian government pledged to offset some of its domestic debt worth 200 billion CFA francs, the equivalent of ...
Rights group accuses Russian mercenaries of abuses against civilians in Mali
Human Rights Watch says Mali’s armed forces, supported by Russian mercenaries, committed abuses against civilians since the ...
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West Africa: Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso Say Quitting Ecowas 'Irreversible'
The military governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger said Friday their decision to quit West African regional bloc ECOWAS, which they have condemned as subservient to ex-colonial ruler France, was ...
West Africa bloc OKs exit timeline for 3 members
West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS approved an exit timeline Sunday for three coup-hit nations after a nearly yearlong process of mediation to avert the unprecedented disintegration of ...
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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger agree to grace period in ECOWAS withdrawal
The Economic Community of West African States hopes to use this time to convince the three nations to stay in the bloc.