Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have agreed with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to establish a framework for cooperation, marking a fresh diplomatic effort to rebuild relations

Ibrahim Traoré is making a bold move to seize greater control of Burkina Faso’s gold wealth, opening the country’s first gold refinery as his junta pushes to process more of the precious metal at home and keep a bigger share of mining revenues within the country.