Residents of Tanwalbougou in the eastern part of Burkina Faso are currently fleeing their homes following the occupation of ...

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

Analysis - Militaries that have taken power in Africa's Sahel region - notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger - have put ...

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

Hamisa Mobetto and Burkinabe footballer Aziz Ki who plays for Yanga SC tied the knot in three different ceremonies. Hamisa's ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the bloc — now left with 12 member countries — was the culmination of a ...

Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, 57, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a widely circulated opinion article titled, ‘Foreign ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been asked not to close the door of further engagement with ...

Yakubu Gowon, the only surviving founding father of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), says he is ...

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the ...

The World Bank’s latest policy note explores how Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) can be strengthened in conflict-prone areas ...

Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in neighbouring Burkina Faso, describing scenes of sometimes indiscriminate ...