A new mining law in Mali that raises taxes and seeks to hand over big stakes in assets to the state and local investors will ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the bloc — now left with 12 member countries — was the culmination of a ...

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

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

The memberships of the three West African countries of Burkina Faso Mali and Niger have been formally withdrawn from the 15-member Economic Communit ...

The Malian government’s overhaul of its extraction industry risks deterring companies from investing in the nation that’s home to the world’s second-largest gold mine, according to Anglo American CEO ...

West Africa's ECOWAS is facing challenges after Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso left, formalizing their own alliance and weakening the bloc's influence. This marks a historic first in the bloc's 50-year ...

"Major General Abdoulaye Maiga is appointed prime minister," said a decree issued by junta chief General Assimi Goita and read out by the secretary general of the presidency on state television ...

In June 2022, the junta promised to organise elections and ... further uncertainty in an already troubled context. Since 2012, Mali has been plunged into a political and security crisis fuelled ...

Two former company executives with inside knowledge of Barrick Gold's operations in West Africa are helping to drive Mali's ...

The West African regional bloc ECOWAS has formally recognized the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, after more than a year of diplomatic tensions. The latest development marks a ...