New evidence shows how JAS’ Shiroro cell adopts a flexible approach that tolerates local bandits and their vices.

A once thriving Saharan tourist city with a rich but fading heritage faces harsh realities two years since Niger’s coup.

New evidence shows how the JAS group’s Shiroro cell adopts a flexible approach that tolerates local bandits and their vices.

On paper, Burkina Faso's government covers the cost of medications and care for children under 5, but often no drugs are available in hospitals, meaning families must buy them elsewhere.

In the heart of Burkina Faso's drylands, in the village of Zoungou, a quiet transformation is underway. Alhaji Birba Issa, a smallholder onion farmer, bends over neat rows of lush green crops, the ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Burkina Faso’s military rulers have dissolved the country’s independent electoral commission, authorities said.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso’s military rulers have dissolved the country’s independent electoral commission, authorities said. Since taking power in a 2022 coup, the West African country' ...

According to the World Bank's April 2025 Burkina Faso Economic Update, the country's economy grew by 4.9% in 2024 compared to 3.0% in 2023. Real per capita GDP growth also increased from 0.7% to 2.5% ...

Vista Group Holding has completed acquisition of majority equity stake in Société Générale Burkina Faso. Chairman, Vista Group Holding, Simon Tiemtoré, said the strategic transaction ...

‘Just another Native’: Minneapolis Indigenous women demand emergency response to violence Despite making up less than 1% of the population, 10% of Minnesota’s missing women were Native. At a ...