NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Military junta leaders of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso on Saturday ruled out returning their nations to the West Africa regional bloc whose division could further jeopardize ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger.

NIAMEY, Niger — Islamic extremists have freed an Australian woman kidnapped last month in northern Burkina Faso, although her husband remains in captivity despite pleas from the family and efforts by ...

Niger’s junta authorized troops from neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso to come to its defense and asked the French ambassador to leave the country Friday, raising the stakes in a standoff with other ...

It was a somewhat surprising meeting. On Monday, the Taliban government received a delegation at its embassy in Tehran led by Burkina Faso’s ambassador to Iran, Mohammad Kaboré.

What many feared has come to pass. On Sunday, 28 January, the people of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger learned simultaneously, on their respective public television channels, of their countries’ ...

Washington, July 15— Burkina Faso, Niger, and Togo will get a US$470 million boost from the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA)* for their ongoing efforts to improve regional ...