Burkina Faso's military government has dissolved the country's independent electoral commission. Authorities announced the ...

Its golden sandy beaches along the Atlantic coast are a major draw, along with national parks like the Gambia River National ...

THE Economic Community of West African States, a regional bloc consisting of 15 member countries—Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo ...

And what of the Aku people of Gambia, ... Burkina Faso itself is a standing rebuke and ringing indictment of such misplaced hope. The young man from Waga has many things going for him.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has urged Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger to reconsider their decision and return to the regional bloc.The three Sahel countries ...

In the Quick Takes of @hrw’s Daily Brief today: US trial of Gambian accused of torture; and “disappeared” journalists may have been unlawfully conscripted in Burkina Faso.

Forced out of their homes by armed groups, displaced families in Burkina Faso rely on humanitarian aid to meet their children ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger created their own security partnership, known as the Alliance of Sahel States, in 2023. Following a September 2022 coup, Capt. Ibrahim Traore was named the ...

Burkina Faso did not pay off all its external debt in March 2025, contrary to a claim shared on social media. Facebook posts on March 29 and 30, some shared hundreds of times, said Burkina Faso ...

Burkina Faso’s ruling junta said it thwarted an attempt to destabilize the African country “with the help of foreign powers.” A transitional government has been running the West African ...