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 ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali has withdrawn from a global alliance of French-speaking countries ... States to pool their military and diplomatic forces.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali has withdrawn from a global alliance of French-speaking countries, days after two of its neighbors took the same step. In a letter seen by The Associated Press on ...