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

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

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

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

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.

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

A surprise attack in western Niger by armed assailants has resulted in the deaths of 12 soldiers. The incident occurred near ...

Algerian authorities rounded up more than 1,800 migrants and left them at the Nigerien border in a record expulsion earlier this month, a Niger-based migrant rights group said Thursday.

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

ABIDJAN, April 26, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Burkina Faso's ruling military junta has granted a new gold mining licence to the Russian ...

Algeria is rounding up migrants and dumping them across the border with Niger, according to a regional migrant rights group.