Members of the French DGSE were 'held hostage' for a year in Ouagadougou, accused of espionage by putsch leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré. It took bitter negotiations and the decisive intervention of ...

Scores of people on Tuesday rallied in Niger and Burkina Faso in support of the withdrawal of their countries from the ...

Thousands of people rallied Tuesday in Niger and Burkina Faso in support of the withdrawal of their countries from the ...

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

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.

On Saturday, 11 January on Paris's Place de la République ... Operating in parts of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Chad, these groups aspire to form a jihadist caliphate in the Sahel ...

Forty-five people have been arrested in west Africa over the past three months in operations targeting drugs trafficking and ...

The three countries led by military regimes formally notified ECOWAS of their desire for “immediate” withdrawal. But the texts of the West African organisation required one year’s notice for it ...

Burkina Faso is leaving the West African regional bloc ECOWAS to join counterterrorism forces with Niger and Mali. The junta ...

The Sahel countries announced their exit plans in 2024 after they accused the body of being influenced by former colonial ...