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The Sahel region of Africa is the "epicentre of global terrorism" and now, for the first time, accounts for "over half of all ...

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

The foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso, and the Niger Republic will visit Moscow this week as part of efforts to ...

Zambia, Burkina Faso and South Africa got their AFCON U17 campaigns underway with wins on day of the tournament in Morocco ...

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 ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Video footage circulating on social networks of a recent civilian massacre in Burkina Faso appears to implicate government-allied militia, Human Rights Watch said, calling ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. People gather to celebrate the withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta arrested three prominent journalists, escalating its crackdown on media freedom in the West African country, according to a Human ...