Former military president Ibrahim Babangida has revealed his insights on how Africa can prevent future coups after seven successful coups in Africa since 2020.

In west and central Africa, there have been at least 10 coup attempts in the same period. Those of Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Gabon and Guinea were successful. A number of social, economic and ...

Burkina Faso is among Africa’s poorer countries ... In the early days after the coup, Traoré said that the soldiers would waste no time getting Burkina Faso back on track, and that he would ...

The trend towards resource nationalism is most advanced in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the heart of Africa’s “coup belt” and a zone increasingly aligned with Russia and hostile to the West.

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Soundtrack to a Coup d’État is a phenomenal film—brilliantly ... but from everyone else— not even whispering. Africa, United States of Africa, please whisper. Please say something.

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said on Monday he would run for a second term in November, backtracking on ...

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

Gabon's interim President Brice Oligui Nguema will run in the Central African nation's presidential election scheduled for ...

Gabon's military leader Gen Brice Oligui Nguema has announced his intention to run for president in next month's election.

Kotoka International Airport – in Accra has been seen an insult by Pan-Africanists and a painful reminder of the collusion between the country’s political elite and foreign powers.