Militant Islamist violence in the Sahel continues to shift southward and westward, putting ever more pressure on population centers in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger—as well as on their coastal West ...

So future negotiations will focus on the remaining seven ECOWAS countries: Cape Verde, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, ...

The new authorities in Dakar espouse bilateral cooperation and diplomatic pragmatism, within the context of reshaping ...

The Kandadji Ecosystems Program – PA-KRESMIN ($126 million since 2019) irrigates fields and powers 630,000 people. Together, ...

A viral video showing Ghana’s gold regulatory CEO openly giving out crisp US dollar notes to a controversial televangelist ...

The military rulers of Burkina Faso have turned to a man once known as “Africa’s Che Guevara” as a way to rally a country ...

Despite Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso's exit from ECOWAS, Commission President Omar Alieu Touray told FRANCE 24 that he remains hopeful West Africa will stay united. He highlighted the bloc’s success ...

A video purporting to show Pope Leo XIV reading a statement denouncing colonialism and praising the leader of Burkina Faso ...

DAKAR - A West African al Qaeda affiliate said it killed 200 soldiers in an attack on an army base in Burkina Faso this week, according to a group that tracks the online activity of Islamist ...

DAKAR - Al Qaeda affiliate JNIM has claimed responsibility for an attack targeting a military post in Burkina Faso's northern Loroum province in which the group said 60 soldiers were killed ...