The Malian government has announced that American citizens will now be required to post a bond of $10,000 before obtaining a visa to...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 13, 2025Burkina Faso has rejected a request from the United States to receive migrants deported under President Donald Trump’s renewed immigration crackdown. This decision...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 12, 2025The Malian Ministry of National Education has announced the suspension of the French Revolution from the 9th-grade history curriculum. The directive, issued on...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 11, 2025The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) have carried out a series of successful operations across several regions of the country, neutralising dozens of terrorists...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 11, 2025The member states of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) — Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso — have officially adopted a unified electronic...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 11, 2025His Excellency Yacouba Diakité, the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Mali with residence in Rome, has officially presented his letters...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 11, 2025Niger’s Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, joined his counterparts from the West African Economic and Monetary...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 8, 2025The member states of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, held talks with Togo on October 3 to...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 6, 2025The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), comprising Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, has not announced an “irreversible” withdrawal from the CFA franc, contrary...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 3, 2025The news agencies of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) have signed a partnership protocol aimed at strengthening media cooperation across the region....
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 3, 2025Niger’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Nigeriens Abroad, Yaou Sangaré Bakary, paid a working visit to Venezuela on Monday, October 1, where...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 3, 2025A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced former president Joseph Kabila to death in absentia after convicting him of...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 1, 2025