The COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing global supply disruptions have only amplified the urgency of building resilient and ...

GIS seizes 250 drums of suspected cyanide near Burkina Faso border, intensifies security to curb chemical smuggling ...

French troops completed their withdrawal from Senegal Thursday, the last West African country and former colony where France ...

Atlantic staff writer Olga Khazan, a lifelong introvert, set out to change aspects of her personality she didn't like by ...

West African governments are scrambling to make the most of a new gold rush. But the boom is also exacerbating existing ...

Jonathan Pitroipa believes his country has what it takes to be the dark horse at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, set to take ...

Burkina Faso has dissolved the national electoral commission (CENI), citing sovereignty concerns. The military government ...

Junta-run Burkina Faso has decided to scrap its national election commission, arguing it is a costly body that is prone to ...

A nationwide vote that was due the previous year was postponed, with the transition to democracy extended until July 2029, allowing Captain Ibrahim Traore to remain in power and run for the presidency ...

France hands over its last West African base to Senegal, ending decades of permanent troop presence amid rising regional calls for sovereignty.

Burkina Faso's junta has dissolved its independent electoral commission, claiming it will enhance sovereign control over ...