In Niger, a local company has been granted a license to mine copper. Meanwhile, military governments in Mali and Burkina Faso ...

ISSOUF TRAORE in Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoBurkina Faso BureauOUAGADOUGOU, (CAJ News) - EXILED journalists are on the list of activists listed as terrorists wanted by Burkina Faso authorities. Burkina ...

Gabon's Brice Oligui Nguema will try to ride the advantages of incumbency and a popular crackdown on corruption to make the ...

Niger's junta said Tuesday it had freed around 50 people, including ministers from the government it toppled in July 2023, in ...

Burkina Faso’s Justice Ministry announced that approximately 1,200 people convicted in connection with the coup attempt would ...

The struggle of Africa and the Middle East against foreign oppression did not end with the fall of colonial empires. Instead, ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) is imposing a 0.5% tax on imports from outside the bloc to finance its activities. Customs authorities in each country will collect the funds, with exemptions for ...

"Several dozen" soldiers and civilian auxiliaries have been killed in a suspected jihadist attack in eastern Burkina Faso, ...

Disputes surrounding the schedule of presidential and parliamentary elections are fueling the struggle for power and influence in Guinea-Bissau. Efforts by ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Burkina Faso's ruling military junta arrested three prominent ... has actually increased the number of ...

Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, has been sworn in as the country’s president for a transition period of five ...

Niger has been plagued by jihadist attacks for many years - one of the issues junta leaders cited when staging their coup.