The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is alarmed by the reappearance of three Burkinabè journalists--Guezouma Sanogo, ...

Endorsed by the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), the junta leader has appeared at rallies dancing to hip-hop, singing soul ...

Niger's military junta leader Abdourahamane Tiani was sworn in as the country's transitional president on Wednesday. A senior government official said Tiani will head the nation over a five-year ...

This is despite AU legal requirements that junta leaders play no role in future governance ... coups have returned as an unfortunately common method for regime change, particularly in West Africa. And ...

Guinea's military leader has set September 21, 2025, as the date for a constitutional referendum, according to a decree read ...

Nguema is favoured to win the eight-candidate race, in which his main challenger is seen as Alain Claude Bilie By Nze, ...

Guinea's ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara, jailed for 20 years over a 2009 massacre, has been pardoned for "health reasons" by the West African country's junta head Mamadi Doumbouya. The decision ...

His main challenger is Alain Claude Bilie By Nze, who was serving as prime minister under Bongo before the August 2023 coup, the eighth in West and Central Africa since 2020. A new constitution ...

Nigerian President Tinubu in France as Sahel Junta Ministers Visit Russia | Firstpost Africa | N18G Bola Tinubu, President of ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), has introduced a 0.5 percent levy on imported goods from several West African countries, ...

The 50-year-old general seized power in the oil-producing Central African country in an August 2023 coup against his distant cousin President Ali Bongo, one of eight successful putsches in West ...