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

Canadian miner Barrick Gold said it will have to suspend mining operations in Mali after the government seized gold stocks from the company's Loulo-Gounkoto complex and flew them out by helicopter ...

France, which had a separate task force in Mali, withdrew its remaining 2,400 troops in 2022, including the air support it gave the UN. The French-led Takuba task force of EU special forces has ...

The juntas in the three countries left the Economic Community of West African States, the nearly 50-year-old regional bloc known as Ecowas, citing its domination by imperialist powers led by France, ...

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 ...

Soldiers of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali MINUSMA patrol in the streets ... three of its soldiers were wounded when they came under fire, the force added a few hours later.

MINUSMA's mandate was renewed on Wednesday for a further year by the Security Council. However, the force no longer has French air support, the offer of which was rejected by Mali.