Thousands of people rallied in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in support of the military junta after an ...

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

Morocco's initiative to offer access for Sahel countries to the trade network and routes of the Atlantic Ocean has been ...

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

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 ...

United Nations experts have urged Malian authorities to investigate reports of alleged summary executions and forced ...

International mining companies should consider joint ventures with local partners and dual listings on regional stock ...

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

Analysis - The challenge will be translating the country's rich mineral resources and promising economy into stability and ...

Burkina Faso's military junta claimed Monday to have foiled a "major plot in the making" aimed at "sowing total chaos", saying it believed the masterminds were in neighbouring Côte d'Ivoire.

The international police agency Interpol says that police raids have rescued 33 West Africans from a human trafficking ring ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The landlocked countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have endorsed an initiative by Morocco to give them access to the Atlantic Ocean, the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign ...