(Reuters) -Burkina Faso plans to take control of more foreign-owned industrial mines, its prime minister said, as the West ...

Foreign ministers of military-ruled Sahel states of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger said on Monday they endorse an initiative ...

Twelve Nigerien soldiers have been killed in an attack in the west of the Sahel country and two suspects have been arrested, the army said in a statement seen by Reuters on Saturday.

The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have supported a Moroccan initiative to provide them with access to ...

Tension is mounting after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso. Officials say a plot to overthrow Capt Ibrahim Traoré has been foiled.

The tri-border region has long been plagued by extremist violence. Just last month, a jihadi group attacked a village there, ...

Niger’s army says an attack by armed men in western Niger has left 12 soldiers dead in a border area that has long been a hotbed of extremist violence ...

Burkina Faso's military government has said it foiled a "major plot" to overthrow junta leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré, with the ...

President John Mahama says the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from the Economic Community of West Africa States ...

The challenge will be translating the country’s rich mineral resources and promising economy into stability and development.

The attack took place on Friday near the tri-border region of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali, epicentre of a jihadist insurgency in West Africa linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State. Armed men on ...