Stakeholders assert that peace in the troubled Bawku township must go hand-in-hand with economic development after decades of ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger’s withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) became official on 29 January 2025. The announcement was made at a press conference in Abuja, ...

Despite their citizens being among Africa’s poorest, Mali, Niger,and Burkina Faso boast mineral riches beyond the dreams of most nations. All three Sahel countries have sizable gold deposits, and ...

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso no longer orient themselves towards France or Western business interests. As demand for raw ...

The 38th African Union summit in Addis Ababa started with the election of commissioners, amid some confusion over the new ...

More than 100 refugee athletes took part on Tuesday in athletics, judo and taekwondo selection trials at the Lornah Kiplagat ...

By Femi Falana Between 1983 and 1987, the radical military regime of Captain Thomas Sankara changed the colonial name of Upper Volta to Burkina Faso. While the courts bequeathed by the former ...

ShareMinister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, speaks in this interview monitored on Arise Television on the final exit of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African ...

A report from the USAID inspector general says that almost $500 million in food assistance is sitting in ports, ships and warehouses.

The Trump administration is facing another lawsuit — this time from USAID contractors and NGOs that argue that the foreign ...

As each day passes, Mr. Boakai becomes increasingly more of a lame duck, rubber-stamp, and puppet president. Despite being ...

France will hand over its only military base in Ivory Coast, its former star colony in west Africa, and both sides say the ...