Analysis - Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led against Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henri Damiba in September 2022.

A national committee to chart Niger’s future has proposed that the junta-ruled country return to civilian administration in five years under new rules that strictly limit the number of political ...

Niger’s National Conference has submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition period during which the current military government will stay in power ...

Djingarey pointed to the "possibility of the leaders" of the military authorities "to stand in future elections".

Ivory Coast officially took control of the last remaining French military base in the country on Thursday as the majority of French forces departed from countries across West Africa. Analysts have ...

Following the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from ECOWAS, there are now fewer countries that Nigerian passport ...

Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cisse, a pioneer of African cinema with a career spanning 50 years, has died aged 84, Malian television announced. The cause of Cisse’s death was not announced.

Canadian miner Barrick Gold has signed a new agreement with the Malian government to end an almost two-year-old dispute over ...

Canadian miner Barrick Gold has signed a new agreement with the Malian government to end an almost two-year-old dispute over ...

Canadian miner Barrick Gold (GOLD) has signed a new agreement with the Malian government to end an almost two-year-old dispute over its mining ...