Four French nationals held in Burkina Faso for over a year on espionage accusations have been released, France's foreign ...

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.

President Emmanuel Macron spoke on Wednesday by phone with King Mohammed VI to thank him for the success of the mediation ...

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 ...

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 ...

Syria’s new rulers say they will spare conscripts of Bashar al-Assad and pursue those who oversaw his regime’s abuses. Hundreds are lining up to learn which promise applies to them. By Raja ...

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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 ...