- 24 Jan 2013 10:46 - Serge Daniel
- Pressure has been growing on Malian troops over summary killings and rights abuses in a French-led assault on al-Qaeda-linked groups.
- 18 Jan 2013 11:51 - Liesl Louw-Vaudran
- For African leaders who criticised French intervention in Cote d'Ivoire and Libya not too long ago, France's advance in Mali must seem a nightmare.
- 12 Jan 2013 15:04 - AFP, Sapa-AP,
- The West African bloc Ecowas has authorised the immediate deployment of troops to Mali a day after French forces began a military operation there.
- 12 Nov 2012 09:50 - Sapa-AFP
- A West African summit has agreed on a military force of 3 300 troops to wrest control of northern Mali from Islamist extremists.
- 06 Nov 2012 10:48 - Sapa-AFP
- Representatives of the Ansar Dine Islamist group in northern Mali are to meet the lead mediator as plans for military action take shape.
- 12 Oct 2012 09:33 - Sapa-AFP
- The UN Security Council is poised to adopt a draft resolution paving the way for military intervention in Mali on Friday, French officials said.
- 09 Jul 2012 06:48 - AFP
- West African leaders are growing ever more impatient with Mali's political crisis, which has seen extremist rebels seize more than half its territory.
- 22 May 2012 16:37 - AFP
- The Economic Community of West African States says it will probe the attack on Mali's interim leader, threatening sanctions against those involved.
- 20 May 2012 01:13 - Sapa-AP
- The chief negotiator for Ecowas says Mali's junta has accepted that the current interim president will stay in office until new elections can be held.
- 30 Apr 2012 15:16 - Pap Saine
- Ecowas has imposed sanctions on Guinea-Bissau after talks with its ruling junta aimed at restoring constitutional order after a coup broke down.
- 19 Apr 2012 13:39 - Allen Yero Embalo
- Guinea-Bissau's junta and opposition parties have pressed on with plans for a transition, despite international calls for a return to democracy.
- 16 Apr 2012 08:01 - Staff Reporter
- The Guinea-Bissau army and opposition parties have agreed to set up a transitional body to run the country ahead of talks with regional powers.
- 09 Apr 2012 07:45 - Staff Reporter
- Mali's interim leader Dioncounda Traore has plenty to prepare for after ousted President Amadou Toumani Toure resigned as part of a deal with Ecowas.
- 17 Feb 2012 17:37 - Staff Reporter
- Ecowas has voted Côte d'Ivoire's Alassane Ouattara as its chairperson, just over a year after he won an election that sparked a four-month civil war.
- 29 Jan 2012 09:34 - Staff Reporter
- President Goodluck Jonathan has considered enteingr the race for chairperson of the African Union after Gambia pulled out of the running this week.
- 25 Nov 2011 19:47 - Fran Blandy
- Yahya Jammeh scored a landslide win in presidential polls on Friday, securing a fourth term at the helm of the tiny state.
- 13 Apr 2011 06:37 - Staff Reporter
- Côte d'Ivoire's former president Laurent Gbagbo has been placed under house arrest, while the of sound weapons rocked Abidjan once more on Tuesday.
- 23 Feb 2011 07:11 - Staff Reporter
- As African presidents met in Côte d'Ivoire to end the crisis, President Jacob Zuma was mobbed by angry youths to highlight their problems.
- 15 Feb 2011 07:38 - Staff Reporter
- Côte d'Ivoire's incumbent leader filed a lawsuit on Monday against Ecowas for recognising his rival as the winner of the country's elections.
- 01 Feb 2011 15:02 - Herve Bar
- A high-level panel named by the African Union faces an uphill battle in agreeing a unified stand on Côte d'Ivoire's political crisis.
