DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An attack by a jihadi group on a village in western Niger has killed 44 civilians, the country's Interior Ministry said.

But even as immigration officials have escalated efforts to remove people from the United States, they continue to fall short ...

Burkina Faso’s interim military president, Captain Ibrahim Traore, on Thursday explained why he inaugurated the country’s ...

Togo is signalling a potential realignment in West African geopolitics as it openly explores joining the Alliance of Sahel ...

Burkina Faso’s head of state, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has declined an offer from Saudi Arabia to build 200 mosques in the country.

On Tuesday, the well-known political activist and journalist Idrissa Barry was arrested by men claiming to be gendarmes in ...

Based on video analysis, media reports, and local sources, most victims of the massacre in Solenzo appear to be ethnic Fulani ...

Human Rights Watch says video footage circulating on social networks of a recent civilian massacre in Burkina Faso appears to ...

A massacre in western Burkina Faso, attributed to militias allied with the military junta, has raised alarms after videos ...

Militias allied with Burkina Faso's military junta have been linked to a "gruesome" massacre western Burkina Faso that left dozens dead this week, Human Rights Watch said late on Friday.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) late Friday called on Burkina Faso's military rulers to investigate and prosecute those implicated in an apparent massacre of dozens of civilians this week. Videos surfaced ...