The head of an alliance of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger says the launch of a joint battalion “must be followed by large-scale operations in the coming days." ...

Since withdrawing from ECOWAS, the post-coup countries have inaugurated a new bank, TV station and joint military force.

The 5000-strong force is the latest in a series of measures by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to achieve closer integration ...

Since July 2018, Burkina Faso has started to see an increase in violent incidents involving militant groups causing internal displacement in the North, Sahel, Central-North and East regions.

For many years before the arrival of American and other international forces, insecurity in the Sahel region was often ...

Who Is JNIM? Jama rsquo;at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is an al-Qaeda-linked militant Islamist group that operates across parts of the Sahel region primarily Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger .

Across the Central Sahel region, millions of children carry deep mental scars resulting from exposure to extreme violence and armed conflict. Through its Better Learning Programme (BLP), the Norwegian ...

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, three West African Sahel nations ruled by military juntas, signed a security pact on Saturday promising to come to the aid of each other in case of any ...

Sahel States Say Nigerian Plane Violated Airspace Over Burkina Faso By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - ‌States in Africa's Sahel region ‌accused Nigeria of violating their airspace, saying one ...

At least 25 people were killed on Saturday in a terrorist attack in northern Burkina Faso's Sahel Region, said a regional government official Monday evening. In a statement, Lieutenant Colonel ...

Born and raised in Dori, in the far northeast of Burkina Faso, Maimouna Ba was the youngest of 12 children living in the country’s vast, remote and arid Sahel region, a six-hour drive from the capital ...

Conflict. Climate shock. Water scarcity and rising food insecurity. The humanitarian situation in Burkina Faso, a small, landlocked country in the Central Sahel region of West Africa, is one of the ...