Politics

West African bloc ECOWAS rejected on Sunday a transition programme announced by Guinea-Bissau’s military rulers and demanded a swift return to constitutional...

West Africa is in a state of emergency, the president of ECOWAS told the regional bloc’s security council at a...

France has revealed that it provided surveillance, observation and logistical assistance to Benin’s armed forces to help fend off last...

Guinea-Bissau's military junta adopted a 12-month transitional charter that bars the interim president and prime minister from running in the...

Democratic Republic of Congo's foreign minister has called on the Trump administration to expand targeted sanctions against Rwanda to "restore...

The leader of a failed coup in Benin has sought refuge in neighbouring Togo, a senior Benin government official told...

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi on Monday accused Rwanda of violating its commitments to a U.S.-brokered peace deal aimed at ending years...

The coup attempt in Benin over the weekend not only sparked reactions in the immediate proximity of the country, with...

States in Africa's Sahel region accused Nigeria of violating their airspace, saying one of its military transport planes landed in...

Benin’s President Patrice Talon has thanked army leaders for helping to defeat an attempted military coup in the West African...