The challenge will be translating the country’s rich mineral resources and promising economy into stability and development.

When we spoke with Salif Keita before the Pandemic, he told us, not for the first time, that he was ready to retire from recording and performing. Not long afterwards, he released what he said would ...

Despite its current crisis, Ecowas can look back on successes in integration, peace and security, and good governance.

THE BOSS of Barrick Gold, a Canadian mega-miner and the world’s second-largest gold producer, is no stranger to bust-ups with ...

ECOWAS is meeting in Accra, Ghana’s capital, to discuss the withdrawals of Mali, Niger Republic, and Burkina Faso from the ...

Burkina Faso’s government foiled a coup plot targeting Captain Ibrahim Traoré, involving soldiers and terrorist groups aiming ...

The military government of Burkina Faso says it foiled a "major plot" to overthrow Ibrahim Traoré, junta leader, last week.

Burkina Faso's military government has said it foiled a "major plot" to overthrow junta leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré, with the ...

A high-level diplomatic meeting has been held between Nigeria and Niger, with the Foreign ministers of both countries ...

General Brice Oligui Nguema was on Sunday declared provisional winner of Gabon’s first presidential election since he led a ...

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Gabon’s interim president who staged a 2023 coup that ended a decadeslong political dynasty, has been elected president, according ...