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 ...

The withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States is expected to have implications for regional security, economic growth, and integration ...

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 ...

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 ...

This will happen on Wednesday, all three countries having ignored ECOWAS's call to extend the period by six months to try to find a solution.

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger on Wednesday formally ... and formed their own security alliance, the Alliance of Sahel States, in September 2023. According to a statement by ECOWAS, the withdrawal ...

The four were transporting electrical equipment from Casablanca to Niamey, the capital of Niger ... The Moroccan Embassy in Burkina Faso informed the union late Monday that the four drivers ...