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

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

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.

The Burkinabe government will recruit 2,000 non-commissioned officers for the national police, APA can report on Friday.The announcement was made Wednesday by the Minister of Security, Mahamadou Sana, ...

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 ...

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

A leading Nigerian priest has praised President Ibrahim Traore of Burkina Faso for making a strong statement in favor of ...

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

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

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

By Emmanuel Oloniruha The Congress of African Journalists (CAJ) has called for the immediate release of three journalists detained in Burkina Faso and forcibly conscripted into the armed forces.