The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the bloc — now left with 12 member countries — was the culmination of a ...

For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier ...

(AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally ...

MP Caleb Amisi and Babu Owino in Burkina Faso. Photo: Caleb Amisi. In a tweet on Tuesday, January 28, Amisi disclosed that alongside his Embakasi East counterpart, Babu Owino, they had a meeting with ...

To understand the latest coup in Burkina Faso, one must appreciate the internal power struggles in the country, their links with violent extremism as well as the role of external state actors.

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 ...

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger. The drivers were the latest victims of insecurity in the Sahel ...

BOISE — The House voted Tuesday to approve a bill creating a mandatory minimum fine for possessing 3 ounces or less of marijuana. Members voted 54-14, with two members absent, to send HB 7 to ...

Among the sweep of executive orders signed by the new US president Donald Trump is the decision to rename Denali as Mount McKinley. It’s a controversial move, but not unprecedented – just the ...

Often reduced to his crime-scene photography, Weegee’s work was much more complex and forward-thinking than critics have often given him credit for. By uniting the gritty with the glamorous, this book ...

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 ...

Ibrahim Traoré, the leader of Burkina Faso, has banned judges from donning wigs that are symbolic of colonial French and British outfits. Colonial-era wigs have long been associated with foreign ...