Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso DAKAR, Senegal -- An ambush by ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...

Senegal, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso have formed a regional sanitation platform through which they will share information ...

A new flour mill with a daily capacity of 220 tonnes of flour and 80 tonnes of bran was inaugurated in Gampéla, Burkina Faso, ...

Recorded climate events in Burkina Faso are becoming increasingly unpredictable, frequent, and intense. They have significant impacts on the lives and livelihoods of rural communities, including food ...

Cardinal Pietro Cardinal Parolin has praised authorities in Burkina Faso for their effort to regain control of the country, ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region against rising ...

Danicius Kaihenneh Sengbeh, has called on African journalists to take a greater interest in tax reporting as a means of contributing to domestic resource mobilization (DRM) and advancing the continent ...

Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in neighbouring Burkina Faso, describing scenes of sometimes indiscriminate ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso this week, Niger’s ruling military junta said. An ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Armed assailants in western Niger killed at least 10 soldiers in an ambush on a military unit that had been sent to hunt cattle rustlers in a border region near Burkina Faso ...