Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...

The Vatican’s Secretary of State Pietro Cardinal Parolin emphasised that military action must respect human rights during a ...

Following the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from ECOWAS, there are now fewer countries that Nigerian passport ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who has led the country since a 2022 coup, want to reduce reliance on foreign aid and harness ...

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

Mali's military government says it is investigating allegations that soldiers "coldly executed" at least 24 civilians in the ...

Western media, particularly the French, have launched a massive disinformation campaign against West African countries such ...

Canadian miner Barrick Gold has signed a new agreement with the Malian government to end an almost two-year-old dispute over ...

Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger is a huge blow to Ecowas, which at 50 years old is considered Africa's most important regional group. The split was sparked after the three departing ...