A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

The head of France’s far-right National Rally party says he doesn’t support a no-confidence motion filed against the ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...

On Saturday, 71-year-old Noël Louise Mekah Fossi, the daughter of murdered Cameroon independence activist Jacob Fossi, stands ...

The three Sahelian countries teamed up to form a confederation called the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) as they exit ECOWAS Wednesday.

Two hundred Palestinian prisoners have also been released today by Israel in the latest stage of a ceasefire deal.

The United Nations voiced serious concerns Friday over the Israeli military's use of force during its raid this week in the West Bank ... Hamas in the Gaza Strip. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnapolsky ...

France Calls for ‘Massive’ Regulatory Pause as Economy Flags French push comes as US President Trump moves to deregulate EU is under growing pressure from industry to cut red tape ...

The simplification process must start with “a massive regulatory pause,” the government said in a 22-page document seen by Bloomberg. In addition, recent legislation must be reexamined and ...

70 kilometres west of Brisbane. "Most of them had flags and they were flying flags … from sticks and bits of wood and I enjoyed that," he said. "I'd think to myself, 'Well, I hope the war is over.'" ...

(Bloomberg) -- France is calling for a major reworking of European regulations, starting with ESG rules, as the bloc struggles to revive its competitiveness against a backdrop of sweeping deregulation ...

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