Their loved ones were slaughtered by extremists or government-affiliated fighters. Their villages were attacked, their homes ...

Benin forces have suffered heavy losses in an attack near the border with insurgency-hit Niger and Burkina Faso, authorities ...

Burkina Faso's military leader Capt Ibrahim Traore sparked concern when he attended Tuesday's inauguration of President John ...

Harambee Stars will be out to qualify for the 2025 Mapinduzi Cup final when they face Zanzibar on January 10, a day after ...

Going back to the days of the Cold War, many Africans studied in the Soviet Union and later Russia. They’re now among ...

Twenty-eight soldiers died in an attack in northern Benin, a small West African nation increasingly witnessing violence attributed to jihadists based in neighbouring countries, a security source told ...

Burkina Faso's President Ibrahim Traoré was given a rousing welcome when he mounted the stage to congratulate Ghana's newly ...

The law that could see 2015 coup plotters pardoned might set a dangerous precedent, while the current president has already ...

Attacks in northern Benin have increased in recent years with authorities accusing members of the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda ...

The Head of State of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has commended President John Dramani Mahama on his new leadership ...

Leaders of the west African regional grouping Ecowas approved the long-awaited withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso ...

Twenty-eight soldiers were killed in an attack in northern Benin, a security source told AFP on Thursday, as violence blamed ...