NIAMEY, Jan 22 (Reuters) - A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will ... Niger Defence Minister Salifou Mody said the new force would have ...

In a groundbreaking ceremony held in Ouaga 2000, a district in Burkina Faso, the West African nation unveiled its first locally assembled electric ... In a statement, the Minister of Energy and Mines, ...

Ghana President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday appointed a former national security chief as envoy to a new alliance formed by Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, signaling his administration ... “His ...

The military-led nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger officially withdrew ... Niger’s defence minister, Salifou Mody, said the force will be deployed over the coming weeks.

according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar. Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso formalised their withdrawal from the regional bloc on Wednesday. Tuggar, in an interview in ...

Caleb Amisi and Babu Owino held a consultative meeting with Karamoko Jean Marie Traore, Minister for Foreign Affairs for Burkina Faso at Ouagadougou.

The 22-year-old has arrived in a €12million deal (around £10million) and joins from Serbian side Red Star Belgrade on a five-and-a-half year deal, with the option of extending that by a further ...

Experts dubbed those countries a “coup belt.” Among others, that belt includes Burkina Faso. Russia and the juntas frame the anti-West glissade as a start of decolonization processes leading ...

The issue of sexual assaults in hospitals was raised by Labour MSP Claire Baker during First Minister’s Questions today. The MSP asked the First Minister how the Scottish Government is ...

Following the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, the Republic of Mali and the Republic of Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) effective Wednesday, January 29, 2025 ...

Burkina Faso is a west African dryland country known for its diverse ecosystems, including savannas, forests and wetlands. Large herbivores like elephant, giraffe and hippopotamus, and predators ...