Analysis - Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup ...

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

Cardinal Pietro Cardinal Parolin has praised authorities in Burkina Faso for their effort to regain control of the country, ...

Niger's National Conference has submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition ...

The advancing tide of Islamist extremism has prompted the rise of pro-government militias. The result has been a vicious ...

As many Africans sour on the West, a new generation of military officers are seizing power, vowing to build strong and ...

Following the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from ECOWAS, there are now fewer countries that Nigerian passport ...

Malian director Souleymane Cissé, the African cinema pioneer who over five decades gained prominence for works infused with ...

Senegal, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso have formed a regional sanitation platform through which they will share information ...

The cost of a daily nutritious diet in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is 110% higher than the west African region’s daily ...

Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, a pioneer of African cinema with a career spanning 50 years, has died at age 84.

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 ...