The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

An Islamist insurgency in the Sahel region, and fighting on Ghana’s northern border with Burkina Faso, may both spread to ...

Insurgents killed 25 civilians and injured 13 others in an ambush of a military-escorted convoy near Mali's northeastern city ...

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the ...

Burkina Faso is a west African dryland country known for its diverse ecosystems, including savannas, forests and wetlands.

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and ...

Yakubu Gowon, the only surviving founding father of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), says he is ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has dismissed 135 employees in a single day, without prior notice, ...

Burkina Faso, a landlocked nation in West Africa, is leading a green revolution by turning its rural villages into ...

Malian Army late Saturday confirmed that insurgents killed at least 25 civilians and injured 13 others in an ambush of a ...

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso.

At least 10 soldiers were killed by armed assailants in an ambush in western Nigeria, near Burkina Faso's border. The attack ...