The Sahel region in Africa is now the “epicenter of terrorism on the globe,” a four-star Marine Corps general warned Thursday, with terror factions there having increased their presence dramatically ...

Production from large-scale operations will increase by 4% to 55.7 tons this year, its director general of mines and geology ...

The Paga Youth Movement (PAYOM) has made a passionate appeal to the government of President John Dramani Mahama to consider ...

Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s former head of state, has called on West African leaders to remain committed to democracy and not allow recent military coups to define the region’s future.

When Assita Kanko was 10 years old, she pictured herself as president of her native Burkina Faso -- with a mission to stamp out female genital mutilation, and further women's rights .

Congolese researcher and activist Kambale Musavuli writes on the need to reclaim the revolutionary origins and present of African Liberation DayOur generation is living through a seismic shift in the ...

The United States Government has pledged renewed support to Liberia’s immigration sector in the wake of a growing influx of undocumented Burkinabè nationals entering the country through its ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) faces growing threats of terrorism, climate change, military coups, ...

Leaders of ECOWAS are gathering on Wednesday to celebrate 50 years since its formation and are expected to address regional ...

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