In January last year, an unregulated gold mine collapsed in Mali, killing more than 70 people near the capital Bamako. In recent years, there have been concerns that profits from unregulated ...

Negotiations between representatives of the government and the world’s second-biggest gold producer will restart after mediation by the National Workers Union of Mali, according to people ...

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The West African regional bloc ECOWAS has formally recognized the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso ... solidarity and interest of the people.” He said the commission had invited ...

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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, secured a rare ...

favorable trade tariffs and access to a $702 billion market for the region’s 400 million people. The three nations — Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger — announced their intention to leave last year.

The three military-led West African nations—Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso—have formally withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). In a statement on Wednesday ...

Former diplomats on Thursday warned that the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from ... excesses and minimise the sufferings of the people,” the ambassador advised.

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are increasingly turning to ... The withdrawal means that some 73 million people are leaving the community and that its geographical area is more than halved.

For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, secured a rare interview with a leader of JN ...