Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in ...

Burkina Faso’s little-known nature reserves need protection. They are a key stopover point for the 2.1 billion birds that ...

After the Niger coup, Ecowas imposed crippling sanctions on the country, such as border closures ... Mali and Burkina Faso may struggle outside the bloc - these are poor and landlocked countries whose ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

The recent withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has raised ...

Startbutton is launching in seven Francophone African countries The Norrsken-backed startup helps businesses expand without physical offices The countries include Benin, Togo, Senegal, Mali, Guinea ...

This will happen on Wednesday, all three countries having ignored ECOWAS's call to extend the period by six months to try to find a solution.

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso’s transitional president, has become the first recipient of the new Alliance of Sahel ...

They crossed the porous 550km-long (340-mile) border between the two countries ... jihadist group in Burkina Faso. It also operates in Niger and Mali. The West African region was described ...

BAMAKO, Mali — West Africa’s regional bloc ... The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the bloc — now left with 12 member countries — was the culmination of a yearlong period ...