A sweeping Interpol-led operation targeting illegal mining in West Africa has led to the arrest of 200 people and the seizure ...

John Mahama has been sworn in as Ghana’s new president. He inherits a host of security challenges by dint of the country’s position in the west African region, which has become increasingly volatile.

The West African police action, known as Operation Sanu, also marked a first for tackling illegal sand mining in Gambia.

Examples include Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Niger, Guinea-Bissau, Benin and Sierra Leone. Since 2015, there have been at least 17 coups and attempted coups in the region. Terrorism and ...

He referred to the fact that there have been coups in Niger, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Chad, Mali and Sudan since 2020 as well as the loud ovation that the Mali leader received at the inauguration of ...

The draw for the 2025 African Nations Championships (CHAN) in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda made in Nairobi on Wednesday: ...

Burkina Faso forward Dango Ouattara scored twice for Bournemouth in a 5-1 FA Cup third-round rout of second-tier West Bromwich Albion at the weekend.

The coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Niger heralded a wave of strong anti-French sentiments across the continent. These sentiments saw protests across borders, especially by urban youth ...

New patent and utility model procedures and updated fees form part of a legislative update to the Bangui Agreement that ...

According to the FCDO, plenty of African countries are completely safe to visit, so travellers shouldn't write off the ...

To usher Ivorians into the new year, President Alassane Ouattara announced that French troops in Côte d’Ivoire will hand over the 43rd Marine Infantry Battalion (BIMA), a French army base ...