The Associated Press tracked a convoy of Russian-flagged cargo vessels that docked in recent weeks in West African ports.

Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) claims attack on Djibo military outpost, SITE Intelligence Group says.

As coup attempts against the anti-imperialist government of Burkina Faso increase, Pan Africanism Today calls on progressive forces to demonstrate solidarity with the revolutions across the Sahel.

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Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, says he is optimistic about the return of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to the ...

The Russia-backed Wagner Group says it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists ...

Pope Leo XIV is the latest public figure targeted by peddlers of false information about Burkina Faso and its leader, Ibrahim ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Taliban's acting ambassador to Iran has met with his Burkina Faso counterpart in the Iranian capital Tehran as part of a broader outreach effort by the West African ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — At least 100 civilians were killed by Burkina Faso government forces in March near the western town of Solenzo, Human Rights Watch said Monday. According to victim ...

The organisation previously said Ousmane Dicko, head of JNIM in Burkina Faso, had appeared in a video urging residents of Djibo to leave the town for their own safety. Reporting from Dakar ...

Tuggar said although the three countries have exited ECOWAS, Nigeria and other member countries would continue relating with ...