What did the nations of Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia, the Republic of Congo and Sudan have in common, ...

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

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, 34 years old, became the provisional head of Burkina Faso’s government after a military coup in ...

Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley described the Sahel region, which includes Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, as “the epicenter ...

Plagued by conflict, Cameroon has overtaken Burkina Faso as the world's "most neglected" humanitarian crisis hotspot, the ...

Trump’s latest travel ban on seven African nations is drawing criticism for applying inconsistent criteria on terrorism and ...

Security experts have cautioned the Nigerian government and the national security agencies not to ignore the recent alarm ...

In the Lake Chad Basin, porous borders have allowed ... security environment is the political situation in Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali. The recent withdrawal of the Alliance of Sahel States ...

The military rulers of Burkina Faso have turned to a man once known as “Africa’s Che Guevara” as a way to rally a country ...

Deby said the forces remained, claiming France wanted to support Chad's air force against rebels. It stationed troops in N'djamena claiming it was helping Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to fight ...

One month later, he ordered French troops to leave Burkina Faso. This helped spark a wave of other West African nations formerly part of the French empire to do the same. Today, Mali, Chad ...

Trump bans travel from 7 African countries citing terror threats and visa overstays, sparking criticism over inconsistencies.