Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led against Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henri Damiba in September 2022.

France said on Thursday it would keep 80 military personnel in Ivory Coast largely for training purposes, as it handed over control of a military base in the commercial capital amid a scaling back of ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the interim leader of Burkina Faso, rose to power in September 2022 after leading a coup against ...

At its peak, about 1,000 French soldiers were stationed at the base to combat jihadist threats across the region. Despite the ...

Light has dimmed on the acclaimed father of African cinema Souleymane Cisse. The Malian-born filmmaker, who is considered one ...

The director of the Senegalese Space Study Agency has just led the launch of the first Senegalese nanosatellite into space ...

France has said it would retain 80 military personnel in Côte d'Ivoire as it hands over control of a military base in the ...

Since the African continent was divided at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, the struggle for its wealth has played out on two fronts. The first was political, as European powers, starting with King ...

In a symbolic ceremony on Thursday, France has officially transferred control of the Port-Bouët military base to the Ivorian army. The handing over ceremony was attended by the local authorities and ...

Sierra Leone has come under renewed scrutiny as a key transit hub for international drug trafficking. A damning report by the U.S.