Analysis - Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led against Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henri Damiba in September 2022.

Ivory Coast officially took control of the last remaining French military base in the country Thursday as most French forces ...

Niger’s National Conference has submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition period during which the current military government will stay in power ...

Djingarey pointed to the "possibility of the leaders" of the military authorities "to stand in future elections".

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s National Conference on Thursday submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition period during which the current military ...

Ivory Coast has officially taken control of the last remaining French military base in the country as the majority of French ...

Russia has become a valid partner of Africa’s newest coalition, the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), consisting of Burkina ...

Niger's military-led government suggests a five-year transition to democracy after a 2023 coup. The proposal alters a previous three-year timeline, leading to the country's exit from ECOWAS and ...

Senegal, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso have formed a regional sanitation platform through which they will share information ...

The Malian director Souleymane Cissé, one of the fathers of African cinema, died on Wednesday in a Bamako clinic aged 84, his ...

In September, the Nigerian government made an important change to its food fortification program to date—a set of standards ...