Tension is mounting after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso. Officials say a plot to overthrow Capt Ibrahim Traoré has been ...

Thousands of people rallied in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in support of the military junta after an ...

Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema has been sworn in as the fourth president of Gabon, marking the end of a nearly two-year political ...

After 18 months of transition, Gabon is returning to democracy and taking its momentum towards happiness with hope,' says ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso responded by announcing their withdrawal from the economic bloc, formalized in January this year ...

Gabon's Brice Oligui Nguema, whose coup ended 55 years of rule by the Bongo family, took oath as president on Saturday before ...

Mali's military leader Gen Assimi Goïta has won the backing of key political allies to be declared president for the next ...

Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré — one of the world’s youngest heads of state — is having a moment.

On Sunday, karate enthusiasts in Freetown competes in a version of the martial art called kyokushin. It has been growing in ...

THE BOSS of Barrick Gold, a Canadian mega-miner and the world’s second-largest gold producer, is no stranger to bust-ups with ...