UN’s impending pullout has exacerbated tensions between Mali’s military government and the rebel Coordination of Azawad Movements. The United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in Mali has sped...
More than 1,000 vehicles are moving the estimated 37,000 scouts ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Khanun. Buses have started to move thousands of scouts...
Opposition leader’s now-dissolved party says he was admitted for emergency care to a hospital in downtown Dakar. A Senegalese opposition leader who has been on a...
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said the coup leaders in Niamey had until Sunday to hand back power. France will support efforts by the West African...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says life-saving humanitarian and food assistance will continue. The United States has announced the suspension of some aid to Niger following...
Here is a look at key events in the week since a military coup took place in the West African country Niger. Wednesday, July 26 Niger’s...
Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko faces charges of fomenting insurrection as interior ministry says his PASTEF party has been dissolved. Senegal’s interior ministry has dissolved the...
Berlin makes decision after the European Union and France cut financial aid to the West African nation last week. Germany has become the latest Western power...
New charges follow opposition leader’s arrest on Friday and are not related to an alleged rape case that sparked deadly riots in June. Senegal’s opposition leader...
Kenya’s government and the opposition coalition agreed to form a joint committee to resolve their differences ‘amicably’ after protests. Kenya’s government and opposition have agreed to...
