A civil society group, Rescue Movement for New Nigeria, has criticised the federal government over the detention of a ...

DAKAR, Senegal -- A Nigerian Air Force plane made an emergency landing in Burkina Faso late Monday due to an in-flight ...

Abuja / Ouagadougou Eleven Nigerian military personnel remain in Burkina Faso following a controversial emergency landing of ...

Security expert, Zagazola Makama, has sharply criticised the seizure of a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft ...

Military coupists like Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré and Mali’s Assimi Goïta have not only attracted domestic support but ...

Growing autocratic rule, a rise in jihadist attacks and a proliferation of coups in the Sahel contributed to the attempt by ...

By Amos SAFOSecurity analysts of the Alliance of Sahelian States (AES), comprising, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have cited Nigeria and the Ivory Coast as the biggest threats to their fight for ...

Burkina Faso's Council of Ministers has adopted a bill to restore the death penalty for treason, terrorism, and espionage.

Burkina Faso has released the eleven Nigerian military officers who were detained after their Air Force transport aircraft ...

Officers of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) who were detained by Burkinabe authorities in their country after their landing last ...

Like its neighbor Mali, Burkina Faso also witnessed two successive coups. In January 2022, Roch Kaboré was ousted by Lt. Col.

Nigerian fighter jets carried out airstrikes to thwart a coup bid in Benin in which mutinying soldiers tried to seize ...