The ruling junta in Mali is tightening its hold on the gold industry as it moves to reclaim control from established foreign ...

According to a report by Mining Weekly, citing Reuters, Mali's Minister of Finance revealed that the country would collaborate with Russia's Yadran to construct a state-owned gold refinery. As gold ...

Traore Says Conspiracy Foiled After Assassination Attempts | Firstpost Africa | N18G Burkina Faso's military leader and ...

Analysis - Despite a recent surge in terrorist attacks, the region is more at risk of fragmentation than centralised jihadist rule.

Mali's military junta has started building the West African state's first-ever gold refinery in partnership with a Russian ...

Mali began construction of a new Russia-backed gold refinery on Monday, which the West African country's military leader said ...

A Russian-built SU-24M bomber crashed into Niger River near Gao, Mali, a day after a major Africa Corps–FLA clash. The cause ...

Despite a prolonged fallout within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Nigeria is making diplomatic ...

Niger's army has raided jihadist-controlled informal mining sites in the country's west, killing more than a dozen insurgents and seizing material linked to the manufacture of improvised explosive ...

Education ministers from Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso seek solutions as conflict and displacement push education to the brink ...

Nigeria falls behind in healthcare, especially in the northern areas, in comparison to the junta-led Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, according to billionaire philanthropist Bill ...