Analysis - The challenge will be translating the country's rich mineral resources and promising economy into stability and development.

The international police agency Interpol says that police raids have rescued 33 West Africans from a human trafficking ring ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has not announced new cash denominations of 5,000 ($3.12) and 10,000 ($6.25) naira, contrary to ...

Burkina Faso's military junta claimed Monday to have foiled a "major plot in the making" aimed at "sowing total chaos", saying it believed the masterminds were in neighbouring Ivory Coast. Burkina ...

PREMIUM TIMES reports that the three junta-led countries made their official exit from ECOWAS earlier in the year.

Canadian precious metals company Fortuna Mining Corp. has agreed to sell its Burkina Faso assets, including the Yaramoko gold ...

Burkina Faso's military government said on Monday evening it had foiled a coup attempt that aimed "to sow total chaos" in the West African nation. It claim that the masterminds were located in ...

President John Dramani Mahama has extended a formal invitation to the military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso, and ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Police raids have rescued ... Victims were from Benin, Burkina Faso, Togo and Ghana. Youssouf Kouyate, director general of the Ivory Coast National Police, commended the ...

Burkina Faso's junta said on Monday it had thwarted a "major plot" to sow "total chaos" that it believes originated in the Ivory Coast, as the country continues to see increased insecurity despite the ...