Africa still bears the brunt of the global malaria burden—with 94% of cases occurring on the continent. According to the World ...

Burkina Faso has granted an industrial mining licence to Russian miner Nordgold for a gold project, the military-led West African government said, aiming to capitalise on record-high gold prices to ...

Diplomatic tensions between Benin and its junta-led Sahel neighbours Niger and Burkina Faso have led to a security vacuum ...

The Ivorian government has firmly denied any links to alleged coupists in Burkina Faso after Abidjan was accused of harbouring the suspects.

Celebrations marking 50 years of the Economic Community of West African States - known as Ecowas - began in Ghana this week, ...

By Paul Mamattah The Ambassador for Universal Peace Federation, Amb. Chief Oyeyemisola Fatuyi FIIM, CPI, has condemned the United States’ alleged plans to militarily intervene in Burkina Faso, warning ...

Plotters included current and former soldiers, as well as terrorist leaders, who planned to swarm the presidential palace on ...

The Council of Ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is set to hold an Extraordinary Session ...

Despite its current crisis, Ecowas can look back on successes in integration, peace and security, and good governance.

The military regime in Burkina Faso says its intelligence service has thwarted a plot to overthrow it this month. It claims ...

In this provocative book, Daly argues that militarism in Africa has historically been about more than power grabs.

The semi-finals of the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations are set to take place Tuesday evening, 15 April with the youth teams vying ...