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

Several thousand people rallied in support of Burkina Faso's ruling junta Wednesday, days after the military authorities said ...

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

The strategy reflects a regional trend, with neighbouring countries Mali and Niger also seeking greater control over their ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso responded by announcing their withdrawal from the economic bloc, formalized in January this year ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Diplomatic tensions between Benin and its junta-led Sahel neighbours Niger and Burkina Faso have led to a security vacuum ...

Since its founding in 1975, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been a cornerstone of regional ...

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