Guinea has cancelled the licences of up to 53 mining companies, signalling increased resource nationalism, reported Reuters, ...

Iran is set to hold talks with Britain, France and Germany in Türkiye on Friday, after US President Donald Trump said a ...

Burkina Faso has a population of twenty-three million people. Thomas Sankara changed the name of the nation from Upper Volta ...

The Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), a Sahelian jihadist group linked to al-Qaeda, has intensified its attacks against military and civilian targets in Burkina Faso. The jihadist ...

A West African al Qaeda affiliate said it killed 200 soldiers in an attack on an army base in Burkina Faso this week, sharply increasing its earlier death toll claim, according to a group that tracks ...

Mali's democracy has faced significant challenges since the military coup in 2012, which ousted President Amadou Toumani ...

West Africa is facing a sharp erosion of press freedom, according to the 2025 global rankings by Reporters Without Borders ...

Mounting media restrictions in Mali over the past three years have raised alarm about press freedom, as authorities target local and international outlets.

Mali’s ruling military junta has formally dissolved all political parties in the country, state television announced on ...

JNIM has claimed responsibility for the attack targeting a military post in Burkina Faso's northern Loroum province.

FRENCH uranium company Orano has initiated legal action in Niger courts, citing “arbitrary arrest, illegal detention and ...

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