Beninese authorities have remanded about 30 people, most of them soldiers, into custody following a failed coup attempt earlier this…
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Ghanaians across social and political spaces are raising strong objections to recent claims that Fulani communities should be classified as…
Guinea-Bissau entered a tense new chapter on Friday with the sudden appointment of Ilidio Vieira Té as Prime Minister, deepening…
The United Nations has voiced deep concern following reports that several family members of Guinean artist and prominent opposition figure…
Mali has suspended all schools and universities for two weeks following a nationwide fuel shortage caused by a blockade on…
International aid organizations have sounded the alarm over what they describe as an unprecedented hunger crisis unfolding in northern Nigeria,…
A gendarme has been shot dead while on patrol in southern Ivory Coast, deepening tensions just days before the country…
In recent years, a worrying trend has taken hold in West Africa: several governments are using broadly defined security, press,…
Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta on Monday declared United Nations resident coordinator Carol Flore-Smereczniak persona non grata, expelling her over…
Portugal has moved swiftly to demand answers after Guinea-Bissau ordered the expulsion of reporting teams from state news agency Lusa…