West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Sunday threatened "targeted sanctions" on anyone obstructing Guinea-Bissau's return to ...
By the early 2000s, West Africa appeared to be turning a corner. Multi-party elections had replaced decades of ...
Islamist JNIM fighters have surrounded Mali's capital Bamako, blocking fuel supplies as the West African nation faces ...
DAKAR, Senegal -- A Nigerian Air Force plane made an emergency landing in Burkina Faso late Monday due to an in-flight ...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has clarified circumstances surrounding one of its aircraft currently grounded in Burkina Faso, dismissing claims that it violated the country’s airspace. In a statement ...
Like its neighbor Mali, Burkina Faso also witnessed two successive coups. In January 2022, Roch Kaboré was ousted by Lt. Col.
Mali’s ruling junta and Canadian miner Barrick have reached an agreement to resolve a tax dispute involving one of Africa’s largest gold mining complexes ...
Jihadists in Mali have choked off fuel supplies to the capital, Bamako, threatening the junta’s grip on power and exposing the limits of Russia’s promised security support. One of the Al-Qaeda-linked ...
BAMAKO, Mali(AP) — Days after American diplomats and nationals were told to leave Mali, a senior U.S. official praised the military junta and hinted at cooperation between the two governments after ...