Analysis - Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup ...

Ivory Coast has officially taken control of the last remaining French military base in the country as the majority of French forces departed from countries across West Africa ...

Burkina Faso’s military government publicly declared the termination of its military pact with France in January 2023, causing around 400 French special forces personnel to leave the country.

As many Africans sour on the West, a new generation of military officers are seizing power, vowing to build strong and ...

The 43rd BIMA marine infantry battalion's camp was renamed on Thursday the Camp Thomas d'Aquin Ouattara, after the Ivorian ...

UN Human Rights Office should follow up on transnational repression around the world, as well as abuses in China and Burkina Faso Get updates on human rights issues from around the globe.

"We have decided on the concerted and organized withdrawal of French forces in Ivory Coast," Ouattara ... nations — including from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in the last two years ...

TASS/. The authorities of Burkina Faso have demanded that the French military attache leave the country, Reuters reports citing a statement from the African state's government. The demand stems ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Armed assailants in western Niger killed at least 10 soldiers in an ambush on a military unit that had been sent to hunt cattle rustlers in a border region near Burkina Faso ...

PARIS (Reuters) - French special forces are advising rebels on the ground in northern Syria in an offensive against Islamic State fighters for control of the border town of Manbij, the military ...

Now there is no public support for sending any more troops to Africa even if they are requested by beleaguered African governments. Those African political crises have been a regular feature of ...

Ivorian soldiers conduct an urban reconnaissance exercise under the supervision of French special forces at Camp ... including coup-hit Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger — have recently asked the ...