AES balance of trade has consistently been a deficit as imports into the region exceed exports from the region.

Mali’s transitional government has formally accused the Algerian military of shooting down a Malian surveillance drone near ...

Our principal objective now is to form a united Sahelian confederation force to tackle the terrorist threat,' says Malian ...

Algeria banned flights to and from Mali after accusing the latter of airspace violations, deepening a diplomatic crisis.

The military juntas of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have imposed a new 0.5 percent levy on imported goods from Nigeria and other Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member-nations. They ...

ATHENS, March 30 (Reuters) - West African neighbours Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger ... the three states that border the Sahara Desert and influential democracies like Nigeria and Ghana to the south.

The arrests are part of a wider trend in the newly formed Alliance of Sahel States, AES, comprising Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. All three countries have undergone coups in the past four years, ...