Analysis - Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led against Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henri Damiba in September 2022.

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 ...

The French Armed Forces Minister said some 80 servicemen will remain in the country to advise and train the Ivorian military.

Ivory Coast has officially taken control of the last remaining French military base in the country as the majority of French ...

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 ...

Zamaraeva and Artem Kureev, the editor in chief of African Initiative, dispute the suggestion that “African Dawn” articulates ...

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 ...