Burkinabe Customs said Wednesday they have arrested three suspected smugglers trying to export 28.6 kilogrammes (63 pounds) of gold worth $2.3 million to neighbouring Togo.

Mali followed fellow junta-ruled Burkina Faso and Niger on Wednesday in renaming streets and squares in its capital to get rid of their French colonial names.

In 2022, global median scores on the Center’s Government Restrictions and Social Hostilities Indexes mirrored 2021. But some ...

Turkey has deployed private military contractors to Niger, escalating its involvement in the Sahel region amid the fragile security dynamics in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, ADF has reported. The ...

Valery Gerasimov reminded that Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger proclaimed the Alliance of Sahel countries to support regional security and strengthen control over the national territory and left the Econ ...

Macron is witnessing the erosion of France’s once-dominant influence in Francophone Africa, a region long considered Paris's ...

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Doval, who is heading the Indian delegation, arrived in China on Tuesday to take part in the 23rd round of the Special Representatives' talks being held after a gap of five years ...

The 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has gaiven Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger a six-month grace ...