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

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS ...

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

Seven years on and the French government's very public commitment to return art and cultural objects back to Africa, seemed to have stalled.

Santa Ana winds can occur when the pressure gradient caused by a high-pressure region over the Rockies, in combination with friction, forces air from the mountainous West down the San Gabriel ...

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

France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense ...

The juntas in all three nations had accused ECOWAS of failing to support them in their fight against terrorism and of imposing sanctions that they claim harmed their populations.

The three junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known ...

Thousands of people rallied in junta-led Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali on Tuesday to back their withdrawal from the Economic ...

One of East Africa’s biggest Fashion brands, Kenya’s Vivo Fashion Group, is betting on growing abroad with its first store in ...