By Arezki Daooud: A lot of military-related events are taking place in the Sahel and other parts of Africa. First, a...

By Arezki Daooud: A lot of military-related events are taking place in the Sahel and other parts of Africa. First, a...
Recently, there were shooting incidents in Ouagadougou and the absence of junta chief Captain Traore was interpreted...
Sunday, 25 February was a bloody day for religious groups in Burkina Faso. Two attacks against a church and a mosque...
Suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso have killed four soldiers and nine civilian auxiliaries, the army said on...
Suspected jihadists killed 11 police overnight in an attack in northern Burkina Faso near the border with Niger, the...
Unidentified gunmen on Thursday killed a soldier and a civilian in an attack on a gold mine in northern Burkina Faso,...
Two soldiers and four civilian volunteers with Burkina Faso's security forces have been killed in clashes with...
Around 40 people, many of them civilian volunteers with the army, have been killed in suspected jihadist attacks in...
Eight soldiers were killed on Wednesday and 13 wounded in a "terrorist attack" in northern Togo near the border with...
Two civilians were killed and a dozen injured in last month's coup in Burkina Faso, an event that had previously been...
The death toll from an accidental explosion at an illegal gold mine in southwestern Burkina Faso rose on Tuesday to...
Denmark will partially suspend its development aid to Mali and Burkina Faso, its foreign ministry said on Friday,...
Burkina Faso's new armed forces chief, who was appointed last week following a military coup, on Wednesday vowed to...
Update: Benin attacks toll rises to nine, including Frenchman Nine people including a Frenchman were killed this week...
Diplomats in Burkina Faso on Friday said they would help the junta that seized power last month restore security to...
Burkina Faso's junta lifted Wednesday a nationwide curfew they imposed after seizing power in a coup last month, the...
The armies of Burkina Faso and neighbouring Niger said Thursday they had killed around 100 "terrorists" in a joint...
By Armel Baily A French military convoy heading for Mali remained blocked in Burkina Faso on Thursday after being...
Three soldiers and 11 suspected jihadists were killed when an army unit came under fire in northern Burkina Faso, the...
Four Malian soldiers were killed by suspected jihadists Sunday and several others wounded in an attack northeast of...
NATO is studying options to bolster support for the multinational G5 Sahel force in the troubled three-borders region...
Introduction by Arezki Daoud: For years, several analysts made dire predictions about where the Sahel was headed....
Deadly competition between two insurgent groups spreads terror in Lake Chad Here is a factfile on Boko Haram and its...
Record numbers of people in Burkina Faso have become internally displaced or fled abroad as a result of jihadist...
More than 237,000 people have been forced to abandon their homes in the past six months in Burkina Faso, a country...
Ten people were killed in northern Burkina Faso, seven of them members of a civilian defence force, security sources...
Around 10 policemen have been killed in an ambush by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso and several more...
By Didier Lauras with Amaury Hauchard in Bamako French forces in Mali have captured a man they describe as a...
Burkina Faso soldiers killed 11 jihadists and destroyed three "terrorist" bases last week in security operations after...
Burkina Faso on Thursday launched a two-day huddle gathering governing and opposition parties to discuss the country's...
By Daphné Benoit French President Emmanuel Macron is set to announce Thursday a partial withdrawal of French troops...
Jihadists operating near Benin's borders with Burkina Faso and Niger may coopt intensifying communal conflicts in the...
Details of the massacre Suspected jihadists killed 160 people -- including 20 children -- in the village of Solhan in...
UN chief Antonio Guterres is "outraged" over the massacre of civilians in Burkina Faso's volatile north, his spokesman...
Twin attacks in Burkina kill 16 Updated: May 19, 2021 - Attacks on a village and troops in the north and east of...
Eight civilian members of an auxiliary force in Burkina Faso's anti-jihadist campaign died in an ambush on Wednesday...
Mali: Raids on army post near Ansongo claim lives of 33 soldiers By Serge Daniel - At least 33 soldiers were killed in...
By Armel Baily - "I'm happy -- it's like coming back home," said Malian refugee Ousmane Wanaher, 34, returning to the...
Burkina Faso Prime Minister Christophe Dabire on Thursday floated the idea of negotiations with jihadist groups, an...
A priest missing since Tuesday in Burkina Faso's jihadist-plagued southwest has been found dead, security and local...
More than two million people have been forced to flee their homes within their own countries' borders owing to...
A priest has gone missing in southeastern Burkina Faso, triggering fears of a kidnapping in the Sahel state, which is...
Several "suspected terrorists" were arrested and more than 40,000 sticks of dynamite and detonator cords for illegal...