Human Rights Watch reported in March that at least 100 ethnic Fulani civilians were killed by government forces near Solenzo, ...

Jihadist groups in the Sahel region are arming themselves largely through looting their countries' own military stockpiles, new research reveals, debunking theories that jihadists are being supplied ...

Human Rights Watch says at least 100 civilians in Burkina Faso were killed by government forces near the town of Solenzo in ...

His message has resonated across Africa and beyond, with his admirers seeing him as following in the footsteps of African ...

An attempt by Mali's military government to stamp out public dissent by banning all political activity will be put to the ...

Mali has suspended political activities across the country ahead of a planned protest against the military junta that has ruled since coups in 2020 and 2021, authorities said on Wednesday.

Burkina Faso has since withdrawn from ECOWAS, forming instead the Alliance of Sahel States with Mali and Niger – countries also run by post-coup administrations. Under Burkina Faso’s new transition ...

The Illustrated Flora of Burkina Faso and Mali is the first comprehensive documentation of the remarkable plant diversity in these two west African countries.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has appealed to Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger to reconsider ...

The attack took place on Friday near the tri-border region of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali, epicentre of a jihadist insurgency in West Africa linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State. Armed men on ...

Story continues below this ad Earlier this month, the foreign ministers of the three West African junta-led countries – Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger – travelled to Moscow and met with the Russian ...

Burkina Faso has granted an industrial mining licence to Russian miner Nordgold for a gold project, the military-led West African government said, aiming to capitalize on record-high gold prices ...