Following the military takeover in Burkina Faso, regional analyst Paul Melly considers why West Africa is seeing a new wave of coups after democracy had seemingly become entrenched in the region.

People show their support for the military after Burkina Faso President Roch ... The fifth coup in West and Central Africa this decade comes amid an increasingly bloody Islamist insurgency that ...

Though Gabon is the youngest of Africa’s coup regimes, its leadership appears to be more interested than some of its regional ...

The last three years have been tough for Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three from the conflict-battered West African ...

Mali's ruling junta cut the signal of the popular news broadcaster Joliba TV News after a prominent politician criticized the military rulers of neighboring Burkina Faso during a televised debate, a ...

Burkina Faso's military leader has been mounting efforts to undermine the Ivorian government. The problems for Cote d'Ivoire ...

A French plan to significantly reduce its military presence in West and central Africa risks backfiring and further ...

Despite the fracture within Ecowas and animosity with western partners, regional and international collaboration is needed to ...

Announcement - The African Development Bank (AfDB), in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Islamic ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Thousands from the junta-led countries in Africa’s Sahel region gathered this week in the Nigerien ...