Burkina Faso’s junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore has sparked a social media debate, with some in Africa praising him and ...

Mahamoud Ali Youssouf took office as the new African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, the AU's chief executive officer and ...

Fresh jihadist violence has killed "several dozen" soldiers and civilians in simultaneous attacks in a town in northern ...

This policy brief draws on Human Rights Watch research and engagement with the AU, notably during Mahamat’s second term from ...

The victims were all ethnic Fulani, a pastoralist community that is widespread across the region, which the government has ...

The massacre by government forces and pro-government militias led to reprisal killings by Islamist fighters, according to the ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — At least 100 civilians were killed by Burkina Faso government forces in March near the western town of ...

The Burkina Faso army led and participated in the massacre of more than 130, possibly many more, ethnic Fulani civilians by ...

Resource-rich Africa will emerge in the coming days as a theatre of intense struggle between imperialism and forces of ...

Adele Koue Sungbeu underwent female genital mutilation as a teenager but now holds her head up high and smiles broadly as she ...

The struggle against neo-colonialism in these countries however has continued, with the local armed forces often being the sector from which the leadership of such resistance is recruited. Captain ...

This is the 12th edition of the ITUC Global Rights Index, the only comprehensive, worldwide annual study of the violation of ...