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Four coups in West Africa leave doubts over return to democracy

Dakar – Army officers have seized power in the West African states of Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso since... Read more

26 Mar, 2022

Bangui – A civil society representative at national reconciliation talks in the Central African Republic (CAR) expressed concern on... Read more

25 Mar, 2022

Kano – Gunmen have killed 34 people in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna State, including two soldiers, in the latest attack... Read more

25 Mar, 2022

Ouagadougou – At least twelve soldiers were killed on Sunday in eastern Burkina Faso by suspected jihadists, security sources... Read more

21 Mar, 2022

Bamako – Mali’s ruling junta has ordered French broadcasters RFI and France 24 off the air, complaining they had... Read more

18 Mar, 2022

Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo’s most notorious armed group is moving inland from the border with Uganda after... Read more

18 Mar, 2022

Niamey – Suspected jihadists attacked a bus and a truck in Niger, killing 21 people in the southwestern Tillaberi region... Read more

17 Mar, 2022

Bamako – Malian soldiers and jihadists have carried out a wave of summary executions since December in the conflict-torn Sahel state,... Read more

15 Mar, 2022

Bamako – Mali says it has banned civilians from a border area where the disappearance of citizens from Mauritania blamed... Read more

14 Mar, 2022

Dakar – Senegal’s army has launched a military operation against rebels in the southern region of Casamance, the chief of... Read more

14 Mar, 2022