Security analysts are divided. Vladimir Antwi-Danso called it unprecedented for a visiting head of state to carry a firearm ...

Several African nations have expelled French troops, signaling a significant decline in the former colonial power’s influence ...

Their loved ones were slaughtered by extremists or government-affiliated fighters. Their villages were attacked, their homes ...

Going back to the days of the Cold War, many Africans studied in the Soviet Union and later Russia. They’re now among ...

The law that could see 2015 coup plotters pardoned might set a dangerous precedent, while the current president has already ...

Burkina Faso's military leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore, sparked concern when he attended Tuesday's inauguration of Ghana's ...

Twenty-eight soldiers died in an attack in northern Benin, a small West African nation increasingly witnessing violence attributed to jihadists based in neighbouring countries, a security source told ...

Aboubacar Camara signs for Aboubacar Sidiki Camara has joined our Red Bulls from Rahimo FC in Burkina Faso and has signed a ...

Benin forces have suffered heavy losses in an attack near the border with insurgency-hit Niger and Burkina Faso, authorities ...

Over 2.5 million people in Burkina Faso have been displaced due to violence from Islamist extremists and government forces.

Burkina Faso's President Ibrahim Traoré was given a rousing welcome when he mounted the stage to congratulate Ghana's newly ...