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

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

Armed men brutally murdered two catechists in Burkina Faso while they were travelling home last month.The attack by unidentified gunmen took place near the commune of Bondokuy in the Diocese of ...

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

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso are still members of the West African ... be unable to handle security crises spreading from the conflict-battered Sahel to coastal West African nations.

Interview. Activist Dayamba Bindré Roger warns that crises and conflicts increase vulnerability, making people easy targets ...

Burkina Faso is a west African dryland country known for its diverse ecosystems, including savannas, forests and wetlands.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was established in 1975 with the aim of promoting economic integration ...

Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has disclosed that President John Dramani Mahama is working to ...

While the Tutsi and Hutu ethic rivalry seem to be the geneses of the great lakes conflict, there are more sinister players which have benefitted from this on-going conflict. The fact that millions of ...

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...

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