west africa

Reuters  —  Mali and Burkina Faso have said they are imposing a travel ban on US citizens in response to…

Cotonou, Benin AP  —  A coup that was announced in Benin on Sunday has been “foiled,” the interior minister said…

CNN  —  Burkina Faso’s military regime will extend its rule by five years under a new agreement reached during national…

Reuters  —  The West African regional bloc ECOWAS urged junta-led Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali to reconsider their decision to…

CNN  —  In Nigeria’s northern state of Kano, doctors and health workers are grappling with one of the worst diphtheria…

CNN  —  Four army officers were arrested in Burkina Faso, a military prosecutor said, a day after the country’s ruling…

CNN  —  France’s ambassador to Niger is staying put in the West African country in defiance of an ultimatum by…

CNN  —  The West African regional bloc ECOWAS says it has chosen an undisclosed “D-Day” for a possible military intervention…

CNN  —  A Niger general, Abdourahamane Tiani, appeared on state television as the country’s new leader following a military coup…

CNN  — The mediator sent to Burkina Faso by West Africa’s main political and economic bloc ECOWAS, Mahamadou Issoufou, on Tuesday…