The coup in Niger of 26 July, 2023 destabilised the Sahel region, and West Africa as a whole. Two years on, human rights ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged a rights-based approach in a letter on Friday to the newly appointed African Union (AU) Special Envoy for the Sahel, Burundi President H.E. Évariste Ndayishimiye.

As Niger marks two years since the July 26, 2023 coup, the military junta faces a critical test. Has life improved under their rule — or has the promise of change fallen flat?

According to a BBC report last week, Burkina Faso’s military rulers have disbanded the country’s electoral commission calling ...

Burkina Faso has dissolved the national electoral commission (CENI), citing sovereignty concerns. The military government ...

Burkina Faso's junta has dissolved its independent electoral commission, claiming it will enhance sovereign control over ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Burkina Faso’s military rulers have dissolved the country’s independent electoral commission, authorities ...

If you believe the viral videos online, R. Kelly and Pope Leo XIV agree on one thing -- that Burkina Faso's junta chief, ...

The rumours appear to have grown out of a rift with Burkina Faso and have been promoted by a growing wave of self-styled pan-Africanist influencers.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in support of the military junta after an alleged coup attempt and comments by an American ...

Burkina Faso's transitional government announced in a statement, read out on state television late Wednesday by junta spokesman Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo, that a "proven coup attempt" was ...