NGO's critical reports on human rights are inconvenient for the junta leaders, making them a thorn in the side of West Africa's military regimes.

Three countries in the insurgency-torn central Sahel region have set up their own alliance.

The military rulers, who seized power in successive coups in 2020 and 2021, had promised to hold elections in February but have postponed the vote ind...

The three junta-led Sahel neighbours jointly announced in January they would leave the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), w...

The West African country has been under military rule since a coup in 2020, and tensions have risen over the junta's failure to stick to a promised ti...

Mali has since 2012 been ravaged by different factions affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group as well as local groups.

The agency said the suspension violates Malian law and the rights to freedom of expression, association, and assembly under international human rights...

It did not indicate what would happen to media organisations that do observe the ban.

The decree came after more than 80 political parties and civil groups called for presidential elections "as soon as possible" and an end to military r...