Burkina Faso this week launched a campaign to recruit 50,000 volunteer civilian fighters to assist the army fight jihadists, officials said. “A recruitment is launched of...
Recent flooding in Nigeria has become an “overwhelming” disaster, and many states were not properly prepared for them despite warnings, the minister for disaster management has...
A young army captain who led the latest coup in Burkina Faso was on Friday “unanimously” named interim president until elections are held in July 2024,...
The delegation of envoys from the West African bloc ECOWAS to Burkina Faso was heading to Ouagadougou Monday after the jihadist-torn Sahel state underwent its second...
Lt Col Paul-Henri Damiba, the military ruler of Burkina Faso, has been ousted by an army captain in a coup d’état. Lt Col Damiba’s inability to...