Analysis - Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup ...

Following the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from ECOWAS, there are now fewer countries that Nigerian passport ...

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

Canadian miner Barrick Gold has signed a new agreement with the Malian government to end an almost two-year-old dispute over ...

Western media, particularly the French, have launched a massive disinformation campaign against West African countries such ...

African countries have had nine successful military coups since 2020. In west and central Africa, there have been at least 10 ...

In the Sahel, human rights defenders are being targeted more than ever by the various states, while civic space is ...

Cardinal Pietro Cardinal Parolin has praised authorities in Burkina Faso for their effort to regain control of the country, ...

Ivory Coast has officially taken control of the last remaining French military base in the country as the majority of French ...

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