The Alliance of the Sahel States (AES), comprising Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali, marks a year of leaving the Economic ...

Seybata sits cross-legged on a worn blue mat in a sun-dappled compound in Harobanda, a neighbourhood in Niger's capital, Niamey. Her hands deftly stitch a large calico cloth, which she and a friend ...

ECOWAS imposed heavy economic sanctions in the wake of the coups, fraying diplomatic ties and forcing the juntas to look for new routes to transport goods in and out of the landlocked states.