Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in ...

An ambush by a group of criminals resulted in the deaths of at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the Burkina Faso border. The ...

A court in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, sentenced former President ... of counterterrorism missions and seek to expand U.S. security amid instability, terrorism ...

Behind the scenes, however, operational cooperation continued between Burkina Faso's National ... in the Burkinabe capital and contacts in regions under tight security. The French authorities ...

Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger, officials said. The drivers were the latest victims of insecurity in the Sahel, an arid swath of ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso – who have formed their own Alliance of Sahel States – from West African bloc Ecowas is set to take effect on 29 January, with security experts ...

There are concerns a weakened ECOWAS would be unable to handle security ... Burkina Faso. There will also likely be fewer investments in the three countries, which are among the region’s poorest, said ...

Thousands of people also celebrated the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from ECOWAS Tuesday in large gatherings in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, and in several other towns ...