Analysis - The military-led nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger officially withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) on January 29. They had announced their intention to ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

Of late, some armchair critics took a swipe at the orientations of Nigeria’s foreign policy vis-à-vis its effects on ...

At least 10 soldiers were killed by armed assailants in an ambush in western Nigeria, near Burkina Faso's border. The attack ...

Junior D’Tigress have been drawn in Group B of the 2025 FIBA U-19 Women’s World Cup in Czechia, where they will face Portugal ...

The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested 165 illegal immigrants from Burkina Faso, Mali, Ivory Coast, Benin Republic, and ...

Lived poverty varies widely across the continent in extent, intensity, and trajectory. For example, over the past decade, severe material deprivation has fallen in Liberia, Burkina Faso, Togo, Gabon, ...

Ebola is rare, deadly and has multiple variations. There is a vaccine for the Zaire type, now trials for another are underway ...

“We Need New Names” is NoViolet Bulawayo’s 2013 debut novel about a young impoverished African girl who eventually moves to ...

Digital propaganda and manipulated information by external actors erode public confidence in democracy on the continent.

The death toll from Lassa fever in Nigeria has risen to 53 according to the latest situation report of the disease obtained from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Thursday.The situation report ...

Widely seen as West Africa’s leading political and regional authority, the 15-nation ECOWAS was formed in 1975 to “promote ...