Islamist JNIM fighters have surrounded Mali's capital Bamako, blocking fuel supplies as the West African nation faces ...

According to several Beninese and Nigerien sources, the military authorities in Niamey were allegedly warned in advance of the attempted coup in Benin on 7.

Nigeria's Air Force has reacted to threatening statements by neighbouring Mali after a Nigerian military aircraft headed to ...

DAKAR, Senegal -- A Nigerian Air Force plane made an emergency landing in Burkina Faso late Monday due to an in-flight ...

A Malian judge has ordered the return of three metric tons of gold, valued at roughly $400 million, seized nearly a year ago ...

The military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have launched a regional investment bank capitalised at 500 ...

The soldiers, calling themselves the Committee for Refoundation, stormed the national television station Sunday morning. Led ...

Growing autocratic rule, a rise in jihadist attacks and a proliferation of coups in the Sahel contributed to the attempt by ...

Instability from Latin America to the Middle East risks spreading as conflicts, proxies, and shifting alliances shape 2026.

DAKAR, Senegal — It had become a familiar scene in West Africa. A group of soldiers appeared on state television in Benin on ...

When Benin's government over the weekend fought back a coup attempt, they had unlikely help: troops and air strikes from ...

Security expert, Zagazola Makama, has sharply criticised the seizure of a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft ...