Many tourists love learning about a new place, but some countries are currently dangerous and are on the US government's ...

West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong ...

Burkina Faso’s head of state, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has declined an offer from Saudi Arabia to build 200 mosques in the country.

As French-speaking countries celebrate International Francophone Day, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have this week announced their withdrawal from the International Organisation of Francophonie, which ...

On Tuesday, the well-known political activist and journalist Idrissa Barry was arrested by men claiming to be gendarmes in ...

Mali has announced on Tuesday March 18 its withdrawal (OIF), a move that follows similar actions by Niger and Burkina Faso ...

OIF called for release of Keita in power since 2013 at helm of west African country, for years faced security, political and ...

Mali has officially exited the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, citing selective sanctions and sovereignty ...

Mali has withdrawn from a global alliance of French-speaking countries, days after two of its neighbors took the same step.

In March 1986 the president of Burkina Faso, who hid his books in trunks to avoid revealing himself, granted a very personal ...

It has suffered setbacks in West Africa in recent years, including Chad, Niger and Burkina Faso, where French troops are no longer on the ground. France has said it is planning to sharply reduce ...

France handed over two military facilities to Senegal on Friday, the French embassy said, the first formal step in ending French military presence in the West African country as the region shifts away ...