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 ...

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

The most concrete evidence of a united front was the rapid response to stop the coup in the Republic of Benin on 7 December 2025, when, within hours of soldiers seizing the national broadcaster in ...

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

Guinea-Bissau takeover is the latest in the Sahel region, which has quietly become global epicentre of terrorism ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has received a financial boost of €18 million from the French ...

Cash-rich Canadian miner seeks mid-tier gold assets and accelerates projects to restore 500,000-ounce annual output after ...

This will be the final friendly game for South Africa before they completely switch their focus to the Africa Cup of Nations.