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"Making the success of your security policy dependent on venal, corrupt, and illegitimate regimes carries huge risks," analyst Nathaniel Powell told Newsweek.

"AFRICOM is monitoring the situation in Niger, and U.S. forces continue to take prudent force protection measures," the U.S. Africa Command told Newsweek.

"The moment that troops from Nigeria or Chad cross into Niger, we now have a war in West Africa," policy analyst Ovigwe Eguegu tells Newsweek.

"Bilateral ties between Russia and Burkina Faso have traditionally been friendly," Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a statement this month.

The Volunteers for the Defense of the Fatherland is seen as a stop-gap measure to halt a spreading conflict.

The crisis in Burkina Faso is grave with violence continuing. It will get a whole lot worse and people will starve to death unless there is enough humanitarian aid.

The French president was previously criticized for suggesting Africa's problems were "civilizational."

Al-Qaeda affiliates are suspected of shooting up a restaurant in August, while ISIS gained an affiliate in the country in 2016.

People were trapped inside a Turkish restaurant as suspected Al-Qaeda affiliated jihadis opened fire.

Nigeria was forced to play itself in a training match.

Ndidi belongs to a youthful Nigeria side.

Seven Burkina Faso players failed to secure visas.

Al-Qaeda affiliates are active in the region.

Chinese technology firm Huawei gifted the tablets after securing a contract to build a fiber-optic network in the country.

Police killed one suspected militant in the capital Ouagadougou and are hunting two more.

Ben Idrissa Dermé was 34 when he passed away on the pitch in Corsica on Sunday.

A memo from Ghana's Immigration Service reveals a heightened response to the threat to of Mali-based militants.

The 900 detainees were questioned over various offences ranging from drug possession to traffic violations.

At least 30 people were killed when gunmen attacked a hotel and cafe in Ouagadougou on Friday.

The attacks on Ouagadougou are part of a wider trend of militancy in one of the world's poorest regions.

At least 28 people were killed when Al-Qaeda-linked militants attacked a hotel in Burkina Faso's capital on Friday.

At least 20 people died and others were taken hostage when Islamist gunmen stormed the Splendid Hotel.

General Gilbert Diendere led a September coup but gave up power after only seven days.

Burkina Faso will have a new president, but he may struggle to enact change after predecessor's three decades

A successful election would establish the country as a beacon for democracy in Africa.

Burkina Faso had been preparing to head to polls on Oct. 11 for a vote aimed at restoring democracy.

Hundreds of people gathered to protest the detention of government leaders inside by the elite presidential guard.

This past week's mass protests in Burkina Faso ended Blaise Compaore's 27-year rule.

Burkina Faso's armed forces chief General Honore Traore said on Friday that he had taken charge of the West African state after former President Blaise Compaore resigned.