The Trump administration has given 36 countries, most of them in Africa, a Wednesday deadline to commit to improving vetting ...

The west African road network is vast, estimated at over 709,000km of roads by the Global Roads Inventory Project. It compares unfavourably with other African regions. For example, paved roads remain ...

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

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

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 ...

Nearly two years after Niger's military seized power and the border with Benin was shut, tensions over security, sovereignty ...

Burkina Faso has since withdrawn from ECOWAS, forming instead the Alliance of Sahel States with Mali and Niger – countries also run by post-coup administrations. Under Burkina Faso’s new transition ...

Burna Boy says he was shocked by some of the negative replies he received from critics who didn't want him to perform in Burkina Faso. Burna Boy tells critics who don't want him to perform in ...

Goal! Tunisia 2, Burkina Faso 0. Hazem Mastouri (Tunisia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.

Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, says he is optimistic about the return of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The three junta-led ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger — each now led by a junta — left in January, causing the biggest split to the body since its formation, reducing the bloc to 12 members. The trio formed the Alliance of ...