STORY: Tens of thousands of people this week flocked to the Malian town of Segou for a week-long celebration of music, art, ...

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 countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

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 ...

Niger and its neighbors Mali and Burkina Faso have battled for over ... Mody also said the force will have its own personnel, as well as air, land, and intelligence resources, and a coordination ...

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 ...

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.

And around 2.6 million people across Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are currently displaced. The AES states have now created a joint military force of 5,000 troops to tackle insecurity in the region.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region, Niger's defense minister ...