DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Russia-backed Wagner Group said Friday it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists and insurgents in the country.

The Russia-backed Wagner Group said Friday it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists and insurgents in the country.

A charismatic 37-year-old, Burkina Faso's military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré has skilfully built the persona of a pan-Africanist leader determined to free his nation from what he regards as the ...

With his counterinsurgency strategy only deepening Burkina Faso’s security crisis, Traore has turned to repressing anyone he ...

Islamist militants hit two more military installations on Wednesday and Thursday, Mali's army said, the latest in a quick spate of attacks that the insurgents say have killed hundreds of soldiers and ...

The raiders from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency had disposed of the U.S. Institute of Peace board, its ...

He is the best known of a cohort of African architects whose ideas are at the profession’s cutting edge. In particular, they ...

New mining code increases state’s free stake in projects from 10% to 15% WAF confirms higher state participation in Sanbrado, Toega, and Kiaka mines Burkina Faso may boost paid stake to 45% under new ...

Australia-listed West African Resources, which owns and operates the Sanbrado, Kiaka and Toega projects in Burkina Faso, has ...

West African Resources will hold 85% of the Sanbrado, Kiaka and Toega assets in Burkina Faso as per a new mining code ...

Burkina Faso’s military is responsible for the massacre of more than 130 Fulani civilians during a March attack in the country’s west, according to a report released by Human Rights Watch.