Following decolonization, the CFA franc was divided into two distinct currency zones, each with its own central bank: the ...

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

Orezone Gold operates the Bomboré gold mine in Burkina Faso. In 2024, the Canadian firm expected the mine to deliver between 110,000 and 125,000 ounces. The Bomboré gold mine in Mali has produced 118, ...

Several African nations have expelled French troops, signaling a significant decline in the former colonial power’s influence ...

Russia’s apparent fast-tracking of plans to establish a military hub in Libya could worsen that country’s protracted conflict ...

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

Adanu nla lo ti koju awọn ọmọ ogun orilẹ ede Benin bayii, pẹlu bi ikọ agbesunmọmi kan ṣe kọlu ọkan lara ibudo agbara ologun ...

By Richlove Kwamina Taylor, CEO of Liquid Force Security Services Limited The inauguration and investiture of Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama, on January 7, 2025, was a momentous occasion ...

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 ...

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

Leaders of the west African regional grouping Ecowas approved the long-awaited withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso ...