DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended ...

Two men close to Benin’s president have been sentenced to 20 years in prison for plotting a coup in the small West African ...

Following the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, the Republic of Mali and the Republic of Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) effective Wednesday, January 29, 2025, citizens, ...

The passport, set to be available from January 29, is part of their new alliance, the Confederation of Sahel States (AES).

Thousands of people rallied in junta-led Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali on Tuesday to back their withdrawal from the Economic ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States takes effect on Wednesday after a year of political tensions, fracturing the region and leaving the ...

A Catholic charity has made it possible for a diocese in Burkina Faso to provide six months' basic food supply to impoverished IDPs (internally displaced persons). Bishop Joseph Sama of Nouna has ...

While Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have become the headquarters of the jihadist groups in the Sahel, the direction of attacks is heading fast to the northern fringes of Togo, Benin and Ghana.

Benin forces have suffered heavy losses in an attack near the border with insurgency-hit Niger and Burkina Faso, authorities have said. Colonel Faizou Gomina, the national guard's chief of staff ...

BREMEN, Germany (AP) — Manchester City loaned Issa Kaboré to Werder Bremen on Monday, sending the Burkina Faso defender out to his sixth different club while still yet to play a game for the ...

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – Burkina Faso has received over 100 infantry vehicles from China's NORINCO (China North Industries Corporation) as part of an initiative to strengthen its military ...