The West African country, with a population of over 20 million people, has long struggled to integrate blind and partially ...

Starting in the medieval period, a series of kingdoms rose and fell in West Africa. The kingdoms of Benin, Mali, Songhai, Kongo and Asante each had their own language and unique ways of leading ...

A mosque in Mali. From the 1950s many African countries won their independence. Today, the ancient kingdom of Benin is part of Nigeria and Asante is in Ghana.

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of diplomatic tensions. The withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger is a huge ...

Mali's ruling military junta this week accused ... 2024 that its countries would be leaving the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) in January 2025, which it views as subservient ...

The announcement comes as most West African nations are rethinking their relationship with France, which is losing its clout in the region. Following the military coups, Burkina Faso and Mali dropped ...