Crowd estimates at a rally in support of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen in Paris on April 6 range between 7,000 and 15 ...

Benin deployed nearly 3,000 soldiers in January 2022 for the Mirador operation, before then recruiting another 5,000 soldiers ...

Burkina Faso junta pardons 21 soldiers jailed for 2015 failed coup; move aims to boost army's anti-terror fight amid ongoing ...

Three  journalists arrested over criticism of Burkina Faso's military government junta have appeared in a video, saying they are at the front line to "cover the reality" of the battle against jihadist ...

But his spirit lives on in Burkina Faso’s latest military ruler, Ibrahim Traoré, an army captain who took power in a coup in ...

Dakar, April 4, 2025 mdash;The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Burkina Faso to release recently ...

Ruled by a military junta since July 2023, Niger is battling heightened insecurity amid repeated attacks by armed groups, several affiliated to Al-Qaeda or Islamic State.

Suspected fighters from the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) have launched a devastating assault on Guiedougou, a ...

A suspected attack by jihadist insurgents has killed eight soldiers in northern Benin, military sources told AFP on Friday.

and Luc Pagbelguem being paraded in army attire, intensifies concerns over their fate. This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 4 April 2025. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on ...

Arrested journalists reappear in army gear, fueling concerns about the junta’s crackdown on press freedom in Burkina Faso.

The air force chiefs of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger meeting in Bamako have laid the foundations for an integrated air ...