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

Burkina Faso shuts down foreign NGOs, citing sovereignty, as repression grows and rights groups warn of democratic and legal ...

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.

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

Forced out of their homes by armed groups, displaced families in Burkina Faso rely on humanitarian aid to meet their children ...

Africa is blessed with gold, cocoa, oil, and the youngest population in the world . The question one asks is: what does this country called Ghana lack? Are we not so blessed in this country? Yet ...

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

Niger’s military-led government has declared the nationalization of the Somair uranium mine, previously operated by the French state-owned nuclear en ...

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