The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...
Once a key link in France's military presence in Africa, Chad was its last foothold in the wider Sahel region after the ...
Burkina Faso has been under army rule since January ... have expelled French military bases, while Ivory Coast, Chad and Senegal have demanded the withdrawal of French forces.