Blog - Rather than a beacon of hope, Burkinabè tyrant Ibrahim Traoré is a pointer to everything that is wrong with the ...

Tension is mounting after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso. Officials say a plot to overthrow Capt Ibrahim Traoré has been ...

Burkina Faso remains tense after authorities foiled a coup plot targeting junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré. The government ...

NIAMEY (Reuters) - About 10 soldiers were killed and seven injured in an attack in Niger's Dosso region this week, authorities said in a statement broadcast on state radio, while a security source ...

The tri-border region has long been plagued by extremist violence. Just last month, a jihadi group attacked a village there, ...

Niger's army says an attack by armed men in western Niger has left 12 soldiers dead in a border area that has long been a ...

A week after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso, the situation remains tense in Ouagadougou, particularly among the armed ...

At least 12 Nigerien soldiers were killed in an armed attack in Western Niger’s Tillaberi region, the army said on Sunday.

The country deployed nearly 3,000 soldiers to secure its borders in January 2022. It later sent an additional 5,000 troops to ...

The Burkinabe strongman swept into power following a coup in September 2022 amid growing anti-French sentiments in the Sahel region.

Twelve Nigerien soldiers have been killed in an attack in the west of the Sahel country and two suspects have been arrested, the army said in a statement seen by Reuters on Saturday. The attack took ...