Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger's withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), effective since January 2025, will limit opportunities for their citizens to seek justice for ...

We are writing to call on the European Union to adopt a bold political strategy on its engagement in the Sahel that reflects ...

Burkina Faso’s junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore has sparked a social media debate, with some in Africa praising him and ...

Press Release - On March 13, 2025, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf took office as the new African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, the AU's chief executive officer and legal representative, following his ...

Mahamoud Ali Youssouf took office as the new African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, the AU's chief executive officer and ...

Fresh jihadist violence has killed "several dozen" soldiers and civilians in simultaneous attacks in a town in northern ...

The victims were all ethnic Fulani, a pastoralist community that is widespread across the region, which the government has ...

The massacre by government forces and pro-government militias led to reprisal killings by Islamist fighters, according to the ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — At least 100 civilians were killed by Burkina Faso government forces in March near the western town of ...

The Burkina Faso army led and participated in the massacre of more than 130, possibly many more, ethnic Fulani civilians by ...

Adele Koue Sungbeu underwent female genital mutilation as a teenager but now holds her head up high and smiles broadly as she ...