Seven suspected “terrorists” have been killed and some 30 accomplices of the Boko Haram terrorist group arrested over the past two weeks in southeastern Niger. In…
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A court in Burkina Faso has found two executives working for Canadian mining firm Trevali (TV.TO) guilty of involuntary manslaughter after a flood disaster at its…
A world-changing malaria vaccine developed by Oxford University under trial in West Africa offers up to 80% protection for two years. More than 400 children took…
Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, the military leader of Burkina Faso, says he will keep his commitment to reinstate civilian authority within two years. The military rulers agreed…
Sidie Mohamed Tunis, Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, has condemned the recent acts of violence in Sierra Leone that left people dead and the nation’s property…
According to a statement from the army, at least 15 soldiers were killed in northern Burkina Faso when a transport vehicle plowed over a buried explosive,…
Burkina Faso is consulting with the Nigerian Military over counter-terrorism measures. Senior Col. David Kadre, the Chief of Defence Staff for Burkina Faso, met Gen. Lucky…
Three troops and nine civilian auxiliary personnel have been killed in northern Burkina Faso by suspected militants, local and security officials reported on Friday. The two…
A French official said on Wednesday, as President Emmanuel Macron arrived in the West African nation, that France intended to “respond positively” to requests for air…
The president of Guinea-Bissau and current chairman of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Umaro Sissoco Embalo, visited Ouagadougou on Sunday to discuss the timeframe…