Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...

France said on Thursday it would keep 80 military personnel in Ivory Coast largely for training purposes, as it handed over control of a military base in the commercial capital amid a scaling back of ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast officially took control of the last remaining French military base in the country on Thursday as the majority of French forces departed from countries across ...

The 43rd BIMA marine infantry battalion's camp was renamed on Thursday the Camp Thomas d'Aquin Ouattara, after the Ivorian ...

As many Africans sour on the West, a new generation of military officers are seizing power, vowing to build strong and ...

At a time when Africa is convulsed by various threats and American interests could be at risk, United States influence is in ...

France will hand over its only military base in Ivory Coast, its former star colony in west Africa, and both sides say the ...

USAID lost almost all ability to track $8.2 billion in unspent humanitarian aid after the Trump administration froze foreign funding and idled staff, a government watchdog warned Monday.

Now there is no public support for sending any more troops to Africa even if they are requested by beleaguered African governments. Those African political crises have been a regular feature of ...