Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in neighbouring Burkina Faso, describing scenes of sometimes indiscriminate ...

With France fast losing its influence in west Africa's Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China ...

The Sahel region covers 10 countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal. French troops have been expelled from three of these - Mali, ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — In one country after the next, African military officers have been drawn to power, scrapping Western-style democracies that they say have failed their nations.

The first round of qualifiers for the TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2026 concluded on Wednesday night with Algeria, Mali, Togo and Kenya among the teams that excelled and ...

People often walk between Ghana and Burkina Faso In 2022, a France-based NGO, Promediation, said its research showed that the jihadists had recruited between 200 and 300 young Ghanaians. And the ...