For well over a decade, jihadist violence has plagued the Sahel, a semi-arid belt stretching along the Sahara desert's ...

Africa's Sahel region accounts for more than half of terror-related killings, a new reports says.

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is leading Burkina Faso to self-sufficiency by rejecting Western control and continuing Thomas Sankara’s legacy.

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...

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 ...

Burkina Faso has one of the lowest electricity-access ... said that in addition to solar, the Desert to Power initiative includes plans to upgrade electricity transmission and distribution networks.

But the Sahel, a vast region on the fringes of the Sahara Desert, has continued to face significant security challenges. During December, 10 soldiers were killed and seven others injured in an attack ...

The appointment of China’s new defence attaché to Niger signals a larger move by Beijing to fortify security in Africa, experts say.

Algeria and Burkina Faso were battling for the top spot in Group D after a disappointing start for the Desert Foxes, drawing 1-1 against Angola. On the other hand, Burkina Faso's Stallions kicked ...

a semi-arid belt stretching along the Sahara desert's southern rim from the Atlantic to the Red Sea. The violence, which started in Mali in 2012 and has now extended to Burkina Faso and Niger ...