Security analysts are divided. Vladimir Antwi-Danso called it unprecedented for a visiting head of state to carry a firearm ...

An Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a Beninese army post near the Burkina Faso ...

Their loved ones were slaughtered by extremists or government-affiliated fighters. Their villages were attacked, their homes ...

The law that could see 2015 coup plotters pardoned might set a dangerous precedent, while the current president has already ...

Going back to the days of the Cold War, many Africans studied in the Soviet Union and later Russia. They’re now among ...

Burkina Faso's military leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore, sparked concern when he attended Tuesday's inauguration of Ghana's ...

The swearing-in of President John Dramani Mahama was a historic and highly anticipated event, drawing attention from both ...

Benin forces have suffered heavy losses in an attack near the border with insurgency-hit Niger and Burkina Faso, authorities ...

Twenty-eight soldiers died in an attack in northern Benin, a small West African nation increasingly witnessing violence attributed to jihadists based in neighbouring countries, a security source told ...

Burkina Faso's President Ibrahim Traoré was given a rousing welcome when he mounted the stage to congratulate Ghana's newly ...

African governments have criticized a speech by French President Emmanuel Macron in which he said that some leaders showed ...