A week after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso, the situation remains tense in Ouagadougou, particularly among the armed ...

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

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 ...

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

The challenge will be translating Burkina Faso's rich mineral resources and promising economy into stability and development.

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

Since its founding in 1975, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been a cornerstone of regional ...

We are not against genuine democracy . We are against Western hypocrisy . rdquo; These words echo the sentiment rising across ...

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

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

Algerian authorities rounded up more than 1,800 migrants and left them at the Nigerien border in a record expulsion earlier this month, a Niger-based migrant rights group said Thursday.