LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Guinea-Bissau has joined a growing list of African countries where military officers have seized power since 2020. A few hours after gunshots were heard near the presidential ...

Over the years, the African continent has had a brave few leaders come forward and forge the way for their people, away from imperial interests. Always, the leaders have their short leadership spans ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — Guinea-Bissau has joined a growing list of African countries where military officers have seized power since 2020. A few hours after gunshots were heard near the presidential office ...

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Democracy "kills" and the people of Burkina Faso must "forget" it, the country's military ruler has said in an interview aired on state television.

Caught between ambitions for a unified force and national realities, the Alliance of Sahel States is undergoing its first major test. The handling of the Malian crisis has laid bare the operational ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's military officials, political parties and civil society leaders on Friday officially designated army captain Ibrahim Traore as the country's transitional ...

Burkina Faso's interim head of state, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, delivered a powerful address at the Second Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum on July 28, in which he called for greater ...