Many African nations in the Sahel region have welcomed the opportunity with Russia. African nations have built a budding relationship with Russia, securing multi-billion dollar military deals that ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — It had become a familiar scene in West Africa. A group of soldiers appeared on state television in Benin on Sunday to claim they had seized power. A few hours later, the ...

Nigeria, African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday condemned an attempted military takeover in Benin Republic. They gave the condemnation as confusion and ...

Nigeria has warned that lasting peace on the continent will remain elusive unless security initiatives are African-led, legally grounded and free from the involvement of private military and security ...

A new ranking by The African Exponent places Morocco among the top ten African countries in terms of the number of citizens ...

As 2026 begins, a review of the 2025 Global Terrorism Index (GTI) highlights how African countries continued to bear the ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The African Union suspended Guinea-Bissau following a military coup, saying it won't tolerate unconstitutional changes. In a resolution adopted by the AU Peace and Security ...

Carnegie Mellon University provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. I lead a research team that compiles the Colpus Dataset of coup types and characteristics and have written on the ...

Ernest Harsch does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

A spokesman said 14 members of the military had been arrested. The West African country’s president, who was not seen for hours, appeared on television Sunday night and said the coup plot would “not ...