ECOWAS also instructed its commission to urgently "operationalise the long-planned Regional Counterterrorism Brigade."The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has demanded the release of ...

Bissau, an attempted coup in Benin: Africa has had a turbulent 2025. Why have coups become so frequent?Two coups and one foiled coup within eight weeks constitute a new dimension even for Africa's ...

West African leaders meeting in Abuja have issued a sweeping communiqué that hardens the regional bloc’s stance against coups, revives momentum for a single currency, and lays out a far-reaching ...

ECOWAS declares a state of emergency as coups, political crises, and insurgency threaten West Africa's stability. Millions ...

The president’s request to deploy troops to Benin Republic reached the Senate days after the Nigerian Air Force helped to ...

Military coupists like Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré and Mali’s Assimi Goïta have not only attracted domestic support but also regional popularity, lauded for their anti-colonial rhetoric against ...

Global Atomic delayed the start-up of Niger’s Dasa uranium processing plant by one year to the second half of 2027. Border closures with Benin and financing delays disrupted equipment imports and ...

When in January this year, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, wrote an article titled, “Foreign policy and the path to peace in a dangerous neighbourhood,” I doubt that he foresaw ...

By Amos SAFO Security analysts of the Alliance of Sahelian States (AES), comprising, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have cited ...

The failed coup attempt in Benin is not simply a national incident; it is a continental warning. It reminds us that democracy ...