The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

Analysis - The military-led nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger officially withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) on January 29. They had announced their intention to ...

The Economic Community of West African States announced recently that the three-member nations where coup plotters overthrew elected governments had finally exited the community. Issues related to ...

Of late, some armchair critics took a swipe at the orientations of Nigeria’s foreign policy vis-à-vis its effects on ...

The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested 165 illegal immigrants from Burkina Faso, Mali, Ivory Coast, Benin Republic, and ...

At least 10 soldiers were killed by armed assailants in an ambush in western Nigeria, near Burkina Faso's border. The attack ...

The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested 165 illegal immigrants from Burkina Faso, Mali, Ivory Coast, Benin Republic, and Niger Republic, all residing in a three-bedroom flat in the Kuwait area of ...

Ebola is rare, deadly and has multiple variations. There is a vaccine for the Zaire type, now trials for another are underway ...

The United States' decision to freeze and potentially scrap its core aid agency jolted countries receiving its funding and ...

Widely seen as West Africa’s leading political and regional authority, the 15-nation ECOWAS was formed in 1975 to “promote ...

Digital propaganda and manipulated information by external actors erode public confidence in democracy on the continent.