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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...