Burkina Faso plans to take control of more foreign-owned industrial mines, its prime minister said, as the West African ...

Foreign ministers of military-ruled Sahel states of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger said on Monday they endorse an initiative ...

Burkina Faso remains tense after authorities foiled a coup plot targeting junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré. The government ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso responded by announcing their withdrawal from the economic bloc, formalized in January this year ...

The tri-border region has long been plagued by extremist violence. Just last month, a jihadi group attacked a village there, ...

Niger's army says an attack by armed men in western Niger has left 12 soldiers dead in a border area that has long been a ...

Tension is mounting after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso. Officials say a plot to overthrow Capt Ibrahim Traoré has been foiled.

Twelve Nigerien soldiers have been killed in an attack in the west of the Sahel country and two suspects have been arrested, the army said in a statement seen by Reuters on Saturday.

A surprise attack in western Niger by armed assailants has resulted in the deaths of 12 soldiers. The incident occurred near ...

President John Mahama says the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from the Economic Community of West Africa States ...

Algeria is rounding up migrants and dumping them across the border with Niger, according to a regional migrant rights group.

ABIDJAN, April 26, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Burkina Faso's ruling military junta has granted a new gold mining licence to the Russian ...