But analysts have warned Ghanaians risk being recruited by jihadis. For years, Burkina Faso has struggled to contain ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

Interview. Activist Dayamba Bindré Roger warns that crises and conflicts increase vulnerability, making people easy targets ...

The recent withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has raised ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger’s withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) became official on 29 January 2025. The announcement was made at a press conference in Abuja, ...

"Terrorism remains a significant and evolving threat to global peace and security, one that no state can confront in ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Forty-five people have been arrested in west Africa over the past three months in operations targeting drugs trafficking and the financing of terrorism, said global police body ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 29, having ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger on Wednesday formally withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional bloc. The military-led governments in the three West African nations ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso – who have formed their own ... the juntas' incompetence in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel, as well as their ties with Russia.

Mali and Burkina Faso criticised Ecowas' "inhuman" sanctions and vowed to ... with jihadist insurgencies and now accounts for "almost half of all deaths from terrorism globally", a senior UN official ...