The AES unveils a new flag as the member nations forge a new path toward regional unity, economic independence, and territorial security. The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), that includes Mali, Niger, ...

The Alliance of the Sahel states (AES), consisting of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have presented its new flag, weeks after exiting the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

DAKAR, Senegal — France handed control of two military facilities to Senegal on Friday, beginning the formal process of withdrawing its military presence from the West African country amid its ...

Men brought over from the French colonies in North Africa and West Africa to fight and to die for France, the nation that had taken over their own countries by military force in the 19th century.