By Anait Miridzhanian DAKAR (Reuters) -At dawn on June 1, gunfire shattered the stillness of Mali's military base in ...

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

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

"If we had peace tomorrow, it would still take five to 10 years just to stabilise the country's livestock population." ...

In separate incidents Benin's media regulator has indefinitely suspended the operations of 'La Gazette du Golfe', while 'Radio Oméga' in Burkina Faso is off the air. This statement was originally ...

PARIS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - French troops killed 40 militants on the Benin-Burkina Faso border in West Africa's Sahel region, the French government said on Saturday. The action followed an attack on ...

A Failing State. Burkina Faso was not always in such bad shape. In 2014, it was the scene of an inspiring grass-roots democratic movement that toppled a long-time dictator, Blaise Compaoré, and ...

Long-running insurgencies in Burkina Faso and Niger have seen Islamic State and Al Qaida-linked groups seize swathes of rural territory, often capitalizing on long-simmering ethnic or local ...

Senegal President Macky Sall, the current chairman of the West African ECOWAS bloc, and Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi will travel to Burkina Faso on Friday to mediate in the wake of a ...

46 COM 7B.56 W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger) (N 749bis) The World Heritage Committee, Having examined document WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add, ; Recalling Decision 45 COM 7B.3 adopted at ...

Mopti Region, MaliA recent surge of attacks by an al Qaeda-linked group across Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger signals its ...