Dr. Claudette Yaméogo is Burkina Faso’s only ophthalmologist who specializes in treating children. She is one of just 70 eye doctors for the West African nation's 23 million people.

In jihadist-threatened north Benin, the army is waging a campaign away from the front -- a programme of social projects, ...

A l-Qaeda affiliate Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is the main group behind a surge in militant jihadist attacks ...

Terrorist groups are becoming more daring with increased attacks on military camps across the west Africa region.

A double attack Friday by suspected jihadists near Niger's western border with Burkina Faso left 10 troops dead, authorities ...

Mali’s junta chief has granted himself a five-year presidential mandate, renewable “as many times as necessary” and without ...

General Abdourahamane Tiani, who secured his first presidential mandate at the end of March, is trying to maintain the ...

Mali's junta chief has granted himself a five-year presidential mandate, renewable as many times as necessary and without ...

Burkina's military junta, which seized power in a September 2022 coup, has made the return of national sovereignty one of its priorities.

his has been accompanied by a consistent crackdown on dissent within civil society and the media, often justified under the ...

This summit is deal-first diplomacy. It signals not just a new Africa policy, but a redefinition of American engagement: no ...

AWA, a leading African Airline has officially launched direct flights between Accra, (Ghana) and Ouagadougou, capital city of ...