Politics

Niger coup leaders take aim at France on eve of key ...

Two weeks after a coup that toppled elected president Mohamed Bazoum, the reg...

Ethiopia troops push back Amhara fighters: residents

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government last week declared a six-month state o...

Diplomacy 'best way forward' in Niger but force stil...

Bola Tinubu, also head of the West African bloc ECOWAS, weighed in for the fi...

Kenya's government, opposition begin talks after pro...

Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga has organised 10 days of demonstration...

Guinea-Bissau president names PM after poll setback

The former Portuguese colony of around two million people has a chronic histo...

Niger closes airspace over 'threat of intervention' ...

The Economic Community of West African States issued its ultimatum a week ago...

Senegal opposition leader on hunger strike hospitali...

In its statement PASTEF said the authorities were "responsible" for Sonko's c...

Niger president says coup will have 'devastating' fa...

The appeal was Bazoum's first lengthy statement since his presidential guard ...

Zimbabwe elections neither free nor fair, says Human...

The southern African country heads to the polls on August 23 to elect the pre...

West Africa envoys to fly to coup-hit Niger as Europ...

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders on Sunday imposed ...

First evacuation flight from coup-hit Niger lands in...

After anti-French protests unleashed by the coup, Paris on Tuesday said it wo...

Junta-led Burkina and Mali warn against military int...

The warning from Niger's military-ruled neighbours came a day after West Afri...

Two killed in Senegal protests after detention of op...

Sonko, President Macky Sall's fiercest critic, on Monday was charged with fom...

Africa leaders give Niger junta week to cede power

At an emergency summit in Nigeria, the Economic Community of West African Sta...

Morocco king appeals for 'normality' with neighbour ...

King Mohammed VI expressed hope to reopen borders with Algeria, which were cl...