As French-speaking countries celebrate International Francophone Day, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have this week announced ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An attack by a jihadi group on a village in western Niger has killed 44 civilians, the country’s Interior Ministry said.

Following in the footsteps of its fellow Alliance of Sahel State members (AES); Niger, Mali has decided also to exit the ...

ALGIERS, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Algerian forces killed two foreign militants during a military operation in the country's far south near the borders with Mali and Niger, the Defense Ministry said on ...

The junta-run country quit the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, an international group of French-speaking ...

In separate communications, the military governments in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso announced their withdrawals from the ...

Mali has withdrawn from a global alliance of French-speaking countries, days after two of its neighbors took the same step.

Niger expelled three Chinese oil executives in a dispute over disparities between the salaries of expatriate staff and ...

Mali announced its withdrawal from the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) on Tuesday, following similar ...

Islamist militants killed at least 44 civilians and severely injured 13 others during an attack on a mosque in southwest Niger on Friday, the country's defence ministry said.

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso are now all ruled by military juntas that have severed diplomatic ties with France and expelled French troops while building security partnerships with Russia instead.