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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Burkina Faso's armed forces say they are investigating a gruesome video that purports to show military volunteers hacking ...

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

France, Chad's former colonial ruler, had signed a revised version of the military and security agreement in 2019. Chad is ...

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

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In 2025 several African coup leaders are due either to hand their power over to civilians or prepare to do so. The signs, ...

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