Presidents and their deputies from across west Africa have met in Nigeria for a regional meeting with agenda dominated by two coup attempts ...

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 ...

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 ...

Barrick Mining has reached a deal with the government of Mali, closing a dispute over the miner's operations in the country and clearing the way for detained employees to be released. The Canadian ...

A political figure who was jailed last year in Mali for making critical remarks against the military rulers of neighbouring Burkina Faso was freed Thursday, his family and a judicial source told AFP.

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 ...