ECOWAS has been able to block West African nations from going to war with each other. Legit.ng throws light on how the ...

Pro-government militias in Burkina Faso are implicated in video footage circulating on social networks showing the massacre ...

Terrorism in the Sahel has increased significantly, with deaths rising nearly tenfold since 2019, according to the Global ...

The National Counter Terrorism Centre, under the Office of the National Security Adviser, has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening collaboration with the Alliance of Sahel States – Burkina Faso, ...

Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali have formed an alternative ... During the 1980s and nearing the end of the cold war, Sankara came to power as ideological division split the Burkinabe armed forces.

Following the military coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger in 2020, 2022, and 2023 respectively, the three countries have changed how they engage with the West. Among other things, the three ...

In a media briefing following a closed-door meeting with Burkina Faso's military ruler, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, he emphasised that the core issue behind the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso ...

The delegation, led by Hon. Aliyu Gebi, was in Nigeria to learn from Nigeria’s approach to tackling the menace of terrorism ...

From March 4-8, dangerously hot temperatures, as much as 6°C (11°F) above average for early March (based on 1991-2020 climate normals), are expected in Burkina Faso and southern and eastern Mali.