Extremists have killed dozens of soldiers in an attack on a military base in Mali. That's according to civil society and military sources. A civil society activist says Sunday's attack ...

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has called for the activation of the ECOWAS Standby Force amid ...

The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has recommended the activation of the ECOWAS Standby ...

A survey of Togolese citizens recently looked into perceptions of their government's handling of the terrorist threat in the ...

and was killed four years later in another coup that put Burkina Faso back in France's political orbit until Traoré's seizure of power. Ghanaian security analyst Prof Kwesi Aning, who previously ...

In this Feb. 18, 2020 photo, Burkina Faso paratroopers are being trained at the U.S. military-led annual Flintlock counterterrorism exercise in West Africa. (AP Photo/Cheikh A.T Sy) United States ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, 34 years old, became the provisional head of Burkina Faso’s government after a military coup in ...

Although things remain at the level of a cold war or what is known as diplomatic froideur, there is no guarantee that the ...

Across townships, cities, markets and digital feeds in Africa, the name of Burkina Faso’s President Captain Ibrahim Traore ...

Former Ghanaian Member of Parliament, Ras Mubarak, has called into question the effectiveness of Africa’s democratic systems, ...

Several West African countries are intensifying efforts to shed remnants of their colonial past by renaming streets, squares, ...

Burkina Faso's new president came to power in a dramatic coup, winning hearts across Africa with fiery rhetoric and viral social media appeal.