Mali's military junta has started building the West African state's first-ever gold refinery in partnership with a Russian ...

Analysis - Despite a recent surge in terrorist attacks, the region is more at risk of fragmentation than centralised jihadist rule.

Despite a prolonged fallout within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Nigeria is making diplomatic ...

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Insurgents are expanding from West Africa’s Sahel region toward Atlantic coastal nations such as Ivory Coast, creating new ...

Surging jihadist violence wey dey sweep across Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger dey make pipo worry say di Sahel region for West ...

Nigeria falls behind in healthcare, especially in the northern areas, in comparison to the junta-led Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, according to billionaire philanthropist Bill ...

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, says that despite the many military takeovers in West Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria remains a shining example of a ...

Burkina Faso has completed the transfer of five gold mining assets to the country's state-owned miner, according to a decree published late on Wednesday, finalising a process that began in August to ...

In Burkina Faso, many back Traoré’s pan-African push, though some northern villagers suffer from his harsh anti-terrorism tactics.

Burkina Faso's military junta leader Ibrahim Traore has sought deeper military ties with Russia since seizing power in a coup ...

Some African presidents flew straight to Ouagadougou to sign the interim unity documents when they could not land. Some ...