D AKAR, Senegal (AP) — Australia’s Resolute Mining said Monday it would pay $160 million to Mali’s ruling junta to resolve a tax dispute, more than a week after the company’s CEO and two ...

The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday announced the formal exit of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso ...

"The rise of junta rule in the Sahel represents a complex interplay between decolonization and destabilization." ...

The parties pointed out that so-called transitional period after the 2020 coup had now lasted ;for nearly five years, or as ...

Mali’s new penal code came into effect on 13 December 2024. It equates same-sex sexual relations with indecent assault and ...

Three junta-led nations have left the regional economic bloc ECOWAS, citing alleged French influence on the group. Burkina ...

Mali's junta has begun seizing gold stocks from the Loulo-Gounkoto mine operated by Canadian firm Barrick Gold, according to a security source and an internal company memo seen by AFP Monday ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force ...

Junta spokesman Ismaël Wagué speaks during a press conference in Bamako Coup leaders in Mali say they are talking to opposition parties about appointing a transitional president, who could be ...

The memberships of the three West African countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have been formally withdrawn from the 15 ...

Thousands of people rallied in junta-led Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali on Tuesday to back their withdrawal from the Economic ...

A bloodless coup in 2020 saw the military take control of Mali. Since then there have been growing reports of a declining human rights record in the west African country. Christophe Broqua is an ...