The much-anticipated trial on the killing of Thomas Sankara,Burkina Faso’s influential leftist leader murdered more than three decades ago, has been suspended as a result of…
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Guinea’s junta set up an 80-member council Saturday to act as parliament as the country transitioned to elections following a September coup that ousted President Alpha…
Senegal votes in municipal and regional elections on Sunday, amid political tensions over whether President Macky Sall will seek a third term in the nation long…
Authorities in Burkina Faso have arrested eight soldiers accused of plotting a coup. A well-known former army commander who has reportedly been critical of the government,…
Malian interim authorities have cut the proposed transition back to democracy following a 2020 coup from five years to four, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, acting Economic…
Benin Republic’s Economic Crime and Terrorism Court has sentenced one its foremost opposition leader and former justice minister Reckya Madougou on Saturday to 20 years in…
The West African regional bloc, ECOWAS is set to hold a regular Summit on Sunday in Abuja, to end a chaotic year characterized by two successful…
Gambians on Saturday turned out enmasse to vote to choose their president using a unique voting system, where marbles were dropped into the ballot drums of…
Demonstrations turned violent in Ouagadougou on Saturday after police shot tear gas to disperse a march against the state’s failure to stem a wave of militant…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed sanctions on Sunday against Mali’s transitional leaders after they informed the body that the country wouldn’t be…