Niger and Burkina Faso expressed strong support for UN Security Council Resolution 2797 on Western Sahara during bilateral ...

But the Nigerian account of the incident contradicts the position of the trio of Sahel countries, formally known as Alliance ...

Burkina Faso has released 11 Nigerian military personnel detained after Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft made what the ...

Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, says the Nigerian soldiers who were on an aircraft that made a forced landing in ...

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

Leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, which all are members of the Sahel Alliance, decided to take their defense and ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger collectively declared their withdrawal from the 15-nation ECOWAS, alleging that it undermines their sovereignty by acting as an instrument for foreign interests. The ...

ABUJA, NigeriaABUJA, Nigeria — West African nations Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have withdrawn from the regional economic bloc known as ECOWAS, their respective juntas announced Sunday. They accused ...

Burkina Faso has freed 11 Nigerian military personnel who were detained following the unscheduled landing of a Nigerian Air ...

The Nigerian military aircraft C-130 carrying 11 soldiers that made emergency landing in Burkina Faso over technical challenge, have remained detained by the authorities in Ouagadougou seven days ...

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

Confusion over diplomatic standoff deepens after conflicting reports about the soldiers’ whereabouts ...