Burkina Faso's military leader Capt Ibrahim Traore sparked concern when he attended Tuesday's inauguration of President John ...

Their loved ones were slaughtered by extremists or government-affiliated fighters. Their villages were attacked, their homes ...

Attacks in northern Benin have increased in recent years with authorities accusing members of the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda ...

Francis Ahovi, a security analyst and Executive Secretary of Global Security for Africa Research and Good Governance ...

The law that could see 2015 coup plotters pardoned might set a dangerous precedent, while the current president has already ...

Burkina Faso's President Ibrahim Traoré was given a rousing welcome when he mounted the stage to congratulate Ghana's newly ...

Over 2.5 million people in Burkina Faso have been displaced due to violence from Islamist extremists and government forces.

Ghana's protocol officers came under fire from Nigerian political commentator Reno Omokri for permitting Burkina Faso's president, Ibrahim Traoré, to attend President John Dramani Mahama's ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso's military leader, was greeted warmly as he entered the stage to congratulate President ...

A court in Burkina Faso has sentenced two people to life in prison over a 2017 attack on a Turkish restaurant in the capital that killed 19 people, officials said.

Issa Kaou N'Djim, who previously supported Malian junta leader Assimi Goita before distancing himself, made the comments ...

Twenty-eight soldiers were killed in an attack in northern Benin, a security source told AFP on Thursday, as violence blamed ...