It has suffered setbacks in West Africa in recent years, including Chad, Niger and Burkina Faso, where French troops are no longer on the ground. France has said it is planning to sharply reduce ...

Burkina Faso’s largest gold mine, Essakane, produces over 400,000 ounces annually. Despite benefiting from rising gold prices, the Canadian company Iamgold faces soaring costs due to insecurity. The ...

Beneath the ideological bluster, Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is just the latest in a long ... We operate from Cape Town, ...

France said earlier this year it was working with Senegal to organize the withdrawal of French troops. The embassy said ...

France officially transferred control of two military sites in the Senegalese capital of Dakar to Senegalese authorities on ...

France has begun withdrawing from Senegal, handing control of military facilities over to Senegalese authorities. This ...

France has handed control of two military facilities to Senegal, beginning the formal process of withdrawing its military ...