Three junta-led nations have left the regional economic bloc ECOWAS, citing alleged French influence on the group. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are increasingly turning to Russia as an ally.The Sahel ...

Reliance on Russia’s military offerings has become increasingly prevalent in parts of Africa, amid an aggressive push by Moscow to lessen Western influence on the continent.

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

Behind the scenes, however, operational cooperation continued between Burkina Faso's National Intelligence ... this was enough information to suggest that Moscow was behind the affair.

Disinformation campaigns are exploding across Africa, with Russia believed to be the main instigator. DW explains how the methods and objectives of these campaigns differ from region to region and how ...

Junta-led Burkina Faso and Niger are battling Islamist militant ... Governor Andrew Bailey is holding a press conference. Europecategory Moscow says Ukraine attempts offensive in Russia's western ...

Experts dubbed those countries a “coup belt.” Among others, that belt includes Burkina Faso. Russia and the juntas frame the anti-West glissade as a start of decolonization processes leading ...

Anton Kobyakov says cooperation through business events will strengthen Moscow’s relations with the continent’s countries Read Full Article a ...

France has handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities. The move on Thursday came two months after the ...

While Russian ally Bashar al-Assad was being toppled by rebels in Syria, another friend of Moscow, President Faustin ... in the path of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. Those three, all now ...