Mali and Burkina Faso said late Tuesday they would ban U.S. citizens from entering their countries in retaliation for U.S.

"Henceforth homosexuality and associated practices will be punished by the law," Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayalawas quoted as saying by the AFP news agency. It makes the West African nation ...

ABUJA, NigeriaABUJA, Nigeria — West African nations Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have withdrawn from the regional economic bloc known as ECOWAS, their respective juntas announced Sunday. They accused ...

Three West African countries have joined forces to launch a regional investment bank with a capital of 500 billion CFA francs ($895 million.) ...

A chilling warning has emerged from West Africa. Burkina Faso’s leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore, has issued a fiery address ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina FasoOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Russia’s foreign minister on Wednesday pledged more support to Burkina Faso in fighting militant groups as he pressed his whirlwind tour of West ...

The violence in the country is part of a broader conflict that involves several countries in the African Sahel region, such as Mali, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria, where Christians also suffer persecution.

DAKAR (Reuters) - Burkina Faso has launched new biometric passports without the logo of West Africa's main political and economic bloc on their cover, further signalling its determination to withdraw ...

FILE - The defense chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries excluding Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea and Niger, gather for their extraordinary meeting in Accra, ...

The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) on April 19 condemned the kidnapping and murder of a catechist in Burkina Faso, West Africa. In a news brief, ACN informed ACI Prensa, CNA’s ...