That day in February, the village of Essakane in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso joined a growing list of communities in the ...

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have agreed with Russia to acquire telecommunications and surveillance satellites. The ...

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have formed the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) to reject Western pressures and establish a ...

Islamist armed groups in Burkina Faso have escalated their attacks on civilians, massacring villagers, displaced people, and ...

Mahamadou Hamidou/Reuters The alliance formed last year by three junta-led West African nations — Mali, Burkina Faso and ...

Burkina Faso, located in the sub-Saharan region known as the Sahel, has experienced two coups in recent years. Relations between the authorities and Western powers have grown increasingly strained.

Drone strikes carried out by the Malians in Tinzawaten serve as a reminder that these aircraft are now a critical part of the ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger collectively declared their withdrawal from the 15-nation ECOWAS, alleging that it undermines ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger will be launching new biometric passports as part of their withdrawal from ECOWAS.

The Sahel region has become a focal point of deepening ... relying instead on non-African powers like Russia. On July 6, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger formalized their partnership by founding ...