Tag: military

After the coup, Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane, centre, spokesperson for the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) ...

Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo named Rui Duarte de Barros as prime minister in a bid to consolidate his power ...

Mali’s military leadership delayed presidential elections scheduled for February 2024 to a later date, citing technical reasons.The polls, initially scheduled ...

Niger has missed a growing number of bond payments due to sanctions triggered by its military coup in July, potentially ...

Russia delivered a donated shipment of wheat to Burkina Faso this week, as Moscow bolsters ties with countries on the ...

Return of 46 soldiers signals resolution of a bitter diplomatic standoff between the Ivory Coast and Mali.Forty-six Ivorian soldiers accused ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Before Sierra Leone’s capital of Freetown exploded into a sprawling metropolis — eating up wooded hills ...

Lagos, Nigeria – This year has been a generally turbulent one for West Africa – with a few bright spots. ...

Text size Security forces fired tear gas at dozens of rock-throwing protesters outside the French embassy in Burkina Faso's capital ...

Text size Burkina Faso's army will deploy a new strategy to push back jihadist insurgents and recapture lost territory, the ...