In a scene that has become familiar across parts of Africa of late, a group of armed men in military garb appeared on state ...

Far from merely being an internal event, the Benin coup attempt briefly placed the geopolitics of the entire region under a ...

On December 7, the mutineers highlighted deep-seated problems within the institution, issues that soldiers had raised for ...

Nigeria's fading influence leaves West Africa vulnerable as coups rise and foreign actors step in. Countries like Chad, Mali, ...

After a series of coups undermined France's position in West Africa, Emmanuel Macron opted for a light but symbolic ...

Some 30 people - most of them soldiers - have been jailed in Benin in connection with a failed coup attempt earlier this ...

Military rulers in west Africa's Sahel region may well have celebrated had a recent coup attempt in Benin resulted in another ...

Had last week's coup attempt in Benin been successful, it would have become the ninth to take hold in the region in the last ...

President Bola Tinubu is currently attending the 68th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and ...

ECOWAS leaders, including President Tinubu, meet in Abuja to discuss the Benin coup attempt, regional security, and the ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic have remained hostile to Nigeria because of its opposition to the overthrow of democracy in the three French-speaking West African countries. Had last Sunday’s ...

The Republic of Niger was captured by Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani in 2023. These three countries exited the Economic Community ...