OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Their loved ones were slaughtered ... with trouble finding jobs and sending children to school. For decades, the Fulani were neglected by the central government ...

half of them children. The unrest has pusheding tens of thousands to the brink of starvation. Around half of Burkina Faso’s territory remains outside of government control, analysts say.

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...

The three Sahelian countries teamed up to form a confederation called the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) as they exit ECOWAS Wednesday.

CASABLANCA, Morocco -- Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger, officials said.

The memberships of the three West African countries of Burkina Faso Mali and Niger have been formally withdrawn from the 15-member Economic Communit ...