The cost of a daily nutritious diet in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is 110% higher than the west African region’s daily minimum wage.

The sound of children playing once again fills the streets of Burbaguena since a refugee centre opened in the small village ...

A new terrorist attack in Benin on 15 February has claimed the lives of six soldiers . The attack took place in the Banikoara ...

Washington Post journalists faced numerous challenges in reporting from the Sahel region of Africa, including hostility from ...

These powerful and violent forces are converging in a new crossroads of conflict, with potential consequences well beyond this region and high stakes for much of the world. Over the past year, ...

Cardinal Pietro Cardinal Parolin has praised authorities in Burkina Faso for their effort to regain control of the country, ...

Fatalities and violent events linked to militant Islamist groups in Africa sustained near record pace, with the Sahel and Somalia accounting for 79 percent of related deaths.

By Christopher Wells More than 200 terrorists attacked three villages in western Burkina Faso at the end of January, leaving ...

Most gold production and reserves in west Africa are found within the west African craton. This is one of the world’s oldest geological formations, consisting of ancient, continental crust that has ...

Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital in a “fair” condition on Friday after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened.

In September, the Nigerian government made an important change to its food fortification program to date — a set of standards ...