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By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - The conditions are no longer in place to continue the fight against Islamist militants...

PARIS (Reuters) - French troops killed 40 militants on the Benin-Burkina Faso border in West Africa's Sahel region, the French...

PARIS (Reuters) -Four civilians were caught in cross fire after French troops supported with an attack helicopter killed 10 Islamist...

By John Irish and David Lewis PARIS (Reuters) - France is considering withdrawing its troops from Mali, but adapting its...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council expressed "serious concern about the unconstitutional change of government" in Burkina...

COTONOU (Reuters) - Five rangers and a soldier were killed and 10 others wounded in an ambush by unnamed militants...

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's transitional government has created working groups with members of West Africa's regional bloc, the African Union...

By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's government has asked the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) to lift...

(Reuters) - (This February 4 story deletes incorrect description of Boko Haram as an affiliate of Al Qaeda in paragraph...

By Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Leaders gathered at an African Union (AU) summit called on Saturday for the continent...

Ouagadougou (Reuters) - The army officer who seized power in Burkina Faso at the helm of a military coup last...

By Cooper Inveen and Christian Akorlie ACCRA (Reuters) -A military junta that seized power in Burkina Faso last week has...

PARIS (Reuters) - France is discussing with its European and African partners whether it should stay in Mali after the...

By Edward McAllister OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - The last time rebellious soldiers attempted to overthrow Burkina Faso's government in 2015, Marcel...

By Aaron Ross DAKAR (Reuters) - An attempted coup was believed to be underway in Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday. The identity...

By Thiam Ndiaga and Edward McAllister OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - The African Union has suspended Burkina Faso from all its activities...

(Corrects to "Guinea" from "Burkina Faso" in paragraph 6) By Thiam Ndiaga and Christian Akorlie OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -West Africa's main...

By Edward McAllister and Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's new military leader Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba said on...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an extraordinary summit on Burkina...

By Aaron Ross and David Lewis DAKAR (Reuters) - Earlier this month, West African countries slapped tough economic sanctions on...