Africa isn’t just being outgunned by insurgents, it’s being outmanoeuvred by its own outdated security architecture.

But his spirit lives on in Burkina Faso’s latest military ruler, Ibrahim Traoré, an army captain who took power in a coup in ...

Burkina Faso is among countries in West Africa that have seen juntas assume control in recent years to fight militant Islamists. They have also sought to revise mining codes to squeeze more out of ...

Despite the bitter exit of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from ECOWAS and their formation of the rival AES, the destinies of the two blocs remain deeply intertwined.The split between the Economic ...

President John Dramani Mahama will give a detailed report on his recent diplomatic engagements with heads of state of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger during the next ECOWAS Summit. Mr Samuel Okudzeto ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), a recently established pact comprising three junta-led states - Mali, Niger Republic, and Burkina Faso - has ... Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad ...

A Newsweek-created graphic shows the various travel advisories currently in place across Africa, including the no-go zones.

NEW ORLEANS — A Marianite nun and Kenner native who was kidnapped and held captive for nearly five months in Burkina Faso, West Africa, died Wednesday in Covington, according to the Clarion Herald.

particularly regional neighbours in West Africa, would see Tinubu’s actions as a sign of dictatorial rule. “We are worried that the ‘Boy Scouts’ in Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso would be ...

Like many media outlets around the world, revenue for publications in Burkina Faso has dwindled ... “The reasons for anti-French sentiment in West Africa” and “France’s jealousy of ...

Parks and forests vulnerable to terrorist activities, West Africa Porous borders and limited cooperation between Alliance of Sahel States (AES) countries (Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger) on the one hand ...