In 2015, the Royal Dutch Shell announced a financial compensation of £55 million to 15,600 farmers and fishermen in Bodo, ...

Three Burkinabe journalists arrested over criticism of the junta have appeared in a video, saying they are at the front line ...

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In Niger, a local company has been granted a license to mine copper. Meanwhile, military governments in Mali and Burkina Faso aim to reduce dependence on foreign mining companies and diversify their ...

Following his emergence in 2022 as the head of the military junta in Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore and his government have ...

The foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are in Moscow for their first official talks with Russia, as the three Sahelian countries work to strengthen ties with Moscow after cutting ...

Niger’s ruling junta has released around 50 individuals, including former ministers, a journalist, and ex-military officers, ...

Niger's military leaders have released more than 50 detainees, including former ministers in the government they toppled in ...

Niger’s military junta has freed dozens of former government officials and military officers detained after a coup in 2023, but former President Mohamed Bazoum is still being held ...