The Islamic State in Sub-Saharan Africa (EIGS) has claimed responsibility for a deadly ambush that left 17 soldiers and six ...

Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré has banned the use of British and French colonial-style wigs by judges, marking a ...

Members of the French DGSE were 'held hostage' for a year in Ouagadougou, accused of espionage by putsch leader Captain ...

Ibrahim Traore hits back at French president saying that African leaders had ‘forgotten to say thank you" to Paris for ...

Catholic bishops in Benin extended their condolences to the families of at least 28 soldiers who were killed by terrorists on ...

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

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

A group known as Muryar Talaka Awareness Initiative has commended the federal government over its diplomatic efforts in Niger ...

Mali's government has begun enforcing a provisional order to seize gold stock at Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto site, the ...

Recent developments in Ghana during the inauguration of President John Mahama have raised more questions than answers about the current state of affairs on the African continent.

The West African police action, known as Operation Sanu, also marked a first for tackling illegal sand mining in Gambia.

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Their loved ones were slaughtered by Islamic extremists or government-affiliated fighters. Their villages were attacked, their homes destroyed. Exhausted and ...