Syrian opposition forces have taken control of the majority of the country’s second largest city Aleppo, according to video verified by CNN and residents in the city.

After Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, Chad has now announced the end of its military agreements with its long-time ally, France. Paris has 1,000 troops stationed in Chad, and their future will likely ...

France suffered a blow when Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso -– all under military rule following a string of coups since 2020 –- ...

The son of one of Mali's top politicians says the country's ruling junta has arrested his father for criticizing the military ...

Despite the military regimes of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger forming an alliance of Sahel states to fight terrorism and to promote economic development, recent attacks with mass fatalities indicate ...

Malian private television station Joliba TV News ceased broadcasting Tuesday, according to AFP, after the military regime decided to revoke its licence following a complaint from the neighbouring ...

Mali’s junta has taken popular news broadcaster Joliba TV News off air after it broadcast a politician's critical remarks about a close ally of the military regime, a journalist for the channel said T ...

In September 2023, Mali, alongside Niger and Burkina Faso, became the founding members of the Alliance of Sahel States, a regional collective defense organization. The alliance was established to ...

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The charter, known as the Alliance of Sahel States, signed binds the signatories to assist one another including militarily in the event of an attack on any one of them. It says any attack on the ...

Speaking during the Extraordinary Arab-Islamic Summit on Palestine and Lebanon in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, Bougouma called on the international community to show as much interest in the ...