US leads training exercises in Africa amid focus on Sahel
THIES, Senegal (AP) — Crouching in the sparse brush, maneuvering into formations through a divide, and then shooting at ...
French summit aims to boost counterterror fight in W. Africa
PAU, France — France is preparing its military to better target Islamic extremists in a West African region that has seen a surge of deadly violence. ...
Islamic extremism wracks Burkina Faso, spreading east
FADA N'GOURMA, Burkina Faso — The jihadists who killed Wabwa Ampougovni's son and two grandchildren wanted them to suffer: They cut the backs of their...
Correction: Burkina Faso-Church Attacked story
In a story Dec. 2 about an attack in Burkina Faso, The Associated Press reported erroneously that an attack on a convoy carrying employees of a mining...