Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in ...

The World Bank’s latest policy note explores how Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) can be strengthened in conflict-prone areas ...

Interview. Activist Dayamba Bindré Roger warns that crises and conflicts increase vulnerability, making people easy targets ...

The BBC was unable to confirm their claims but they showed us pictures of weapons, described the location of recent conflicts and named jihadist commanders in Burkina Faso. The BBC was put in ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was established in 1975 with the aim of promoting economic integration ...

near the border with Burkina Faso, according to the U.S.-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data.

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS ...

Stakeholders assert that peace in the troubled Bawku township must go hand-in-hand with economic development after decades of ethnic conflict that has claimed lives.

As Ghana struggles to monitor the porous northern border, impoverished communities are vulnerable to ...