Ghanaian President John Mahama has expressed concern over the complexity of efforts to reintegrate Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger into the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), stating ...

Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta has arrested three prominent journalists, escalating its crackdown on media freedom in the West African country, according to a Human Rights Watch.

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday met with President John Mahama of Ghana in Abuja, where both leaders re-examined the ongoing ...

Burkina Faso and Mali were also suspended following their own military coups - with the OIF sanctioning them in 2022 and 2020 respectively. Nonetheless, the OIF says it considers these multiple ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso are now all ruled by military juntas that have severed diplomatic ties with France and expelled French troops while building security partnerships with Russia instead.

Burkina Faso’s military junta arrested three journalists on March 24, 2025 for reporting on the government crackdown on the ...

a day after its allies Niger and Burkina Faso did the same. "Mali cannot remain a member of an organization whose actions are incompatible with constitutional principles (...) based on the ...

Burkina Faso and Mali were also suspended following their own military coups – with the OIF sanctioning them in 2022 and 2020 respectively. Nonetheless, the OIF says it considers these multiple ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Burkina Faso junta leader Ibrahim Traore participates in a ceremony ...

As French-speaking countries celebrate International Francophone Day, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have this week announced their withdrawal from the International Organisation of Francophonie, which ...