Niger entrenched military rule for another five years this week when junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, who seized power in a 2023 military coup, was named president for the next five years. During ...

Since mid-February 2025, competing terrorist factions branching off from the Boko Haram organization have engaged in a new wave of armed conflict, just two weeks after the failure of an ...

Ghanaian President, John Mahama, on Thursday visited his Nigerian counterpart, Bola Tinubu, at the State House in Abuja. The visit, the first since his inauguration on January 7 is to brief Tinubu who ...

Burkina Faso's ruling military junta has arrested three prominent journalists, escalating its crackdown on media freedom in ...

A solar power plant in this rural corner of Mali has jolted a village to life and awakened dreams of steady power in other areas of this West African nation as it sees ...

Burkinabe dictator, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, is the dashing poster boy for military rule in the West African Sahel. Not too long ... Sandaogo Damiba in a palace coup in September 2022, Traoré ...

The Sahel region has come under increased scrutiny due to the prevalence of military rule. This area has been particularly vulnerable to terrorism and insurgencies, factors that have contributed to a ...

The recent spate of unfounded stories in certain Indian media outlets, such as The Economic Times, India Today, and others, alleging coups or instability within the Bangladesh Army, is not only ...

Listen to Story Lieutenant General Faizur Rahman put under surveillance Was allegedly attempting to stage a coup in Bangladesh Army Lt General Faizur held several meetings with Pak diplomats A senior ...

Rahman convened a meeting to gauge support for a coup but received limited attendance. Military intelligence is now monitoring him, and political instability may worsen. Several senior army officers ...