ABUJA, Dec 14 - West African bloc ECOWAS rejected on Sunday a transition programme announced by Guinea-Bissau’s military ...

A leader of the West African regional bloc says coups and attempted coups have left the region in a state of emergency ...

Like its neighbor Mali, Burkina Faso also witnessed two successive coups. In January 2022, Roch Kaboré was ousted by Lt. Col.

It had become a familiar scene in West Africa. A group of soldiers appeared on state television in Benin on Sunday to claim ...

Extremist groups competing for territory across West Africa could turn the region into a fluid insurgency corridor spanning ...

Islamist JNIM fighters have surrounded Mali's capital Bamako, blocking fuel supplies as the West African nation faces ...

A Nigerian human rights advocate, Francis Nwapa, has blamed the military coup in the Republic of Benin on what he described ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is making a significant effort to reduce the cost of flying within West Africa. At their meeting in Abuja in December 2024, ECOWAS leaders agreed ...

Nigeria has moved to significantly boost its air power with the acquisition of 24 M-346FA light fighter aircraft from Italy in a deal estimated at €1.2 billion, marking the largest single purchase of ...

Africa has been the hardest hit by the Trump administration’s decision to add 20 countries to a list of travel restrictions ...

Across many parts of Africa’s Atlantic coastline, the sea is advancing several metres inland each year, destroying homes, ...

Coups and attempted coups in West Africa, along with escalating security challenges, have left the region in a state of ...