nited States security engagements in West Africa cannot be understood without consideration of regional geopolitical challenges spanning political instability, climate change, humanitarian and food ...

French troops have been expelled from three of these ... expansion of investments in critical minerals; resolution of the Ecowas crisis (when Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali exited the regional ...

Military juntas have forced French troops out of Mali ... to rival the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the main regional bloc. Critics in the region claim that for years ...

With France fast losing its influence in west Africa’s Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China fill the vacuum? The Sahel region covers 10 countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon ...

A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled central Sahel region, Niger's defence chief said on state television.

Topics include South Africa's G20 leadership, the division within the West African bloc ECOWAS, and emerging partnerships ... notably in the Sahel where French troops have been pushed out by ...

Junta-Led Sahel States Ready Joint Force of 5,000 Troops, Says Minister NIAMEY (Reuters ... West Africa's main political and economic group ECOWAS, which is still pushing them to reconsider ...

because he’s well embedded in French governmental networks and played a big role in pushing ECOWAS to threaten to invade Niger in 2023. Analysts believe he’s asked French troops to leave his ...