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

Tributes have been paid to Willy Mignon, an era-defining Beninese musician who died at the age of 39. The artist passed away ...

What's ahead for a 50-year-old West African bloc after 3 junta-led countries left the group? - A 50-year-old West Africa ...

Disinformation campaigns are exploding across Africa, with Russia believed to be the main instigator. DW explains how the ...

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 ...

The Moroccan Embassy in Burkina Faso informed the union late Monday that the four drivers had been freed and were safe in Niamey. “They will be brought back soon,” said Echarki El Hachmi, the union’s ...

Sahel Region, Burkina Faso - January 12 ... a marked ancestral date of this diverse local culture, only officially recognized in recent decades from Morocco to Libya. FOOTAGE OF THE ALGERIAN ...

Burkina Faso, a nation once synonymous with the revolutionary ideals of Thomas Sankara, has found a new torchbearer in President Ibrahim Traoré. At just 34 years old, Traoré has not only revitalized ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso – who have formed their own Alliance of Sahel States – from West African bloc Ecowas is set to take effect on 29 January, with security experts ...

Nearly 200 arrests, seizures of dangerous chemicals, explosives, and drugs – this is the outcome of an operation targeting illegal gold mining in Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea, and Senegal.

French President Emmanuel Macron is “insulting all Africans," Burkina Faso President Capt. Ibrahim Traore has said, urging African nations to end military pacts with Paris. "(Macron) has ...

"Berber culture has been with me day and night every ... Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Burkina Faso. They are also found in the Siwa Oasis of Egypt and the Canary Islands. Jan. 14 is a public ...