One remark by Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré deeply moved me:“Our generation can’t understand why we’re poor while ...

After two decades, and many failed counterterrorism efforts, the Trump administration is considering shuttering U.S. Africa ...

Former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu Constituency, Ras Mubarak, has called on President John Dramani Mahama to do away with Ghana's embassies in 22 countries to aid revenue generation for the ...

With up to 6,000 fighters, JNIM is now the most well-armed militant force in the Sahel — and among the most powerful in the world, officials and experts say.

The Russia-backed Wagner Group says it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists ...

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 ...

Okunrobo was trafficked to Burkina Faso when she was 15 with a promise to be taken to the United Arab Emirates. She was rescued by Governor Lucky Okpebholo who sent the Director General of the Edo ...

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

USIP was created by Congress in the 1980s. Described as an independent, nonprofit think tank funded by Congress, its mission ...

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 ...