Gabon's Constitutional Court has approved a list of eight candidates to run in the Central African nation's presidential ...

The masked soldiers belong to the Tigray Defence Forces ( TDF ), the region’s army. By attempting what is, in effect, a coup, ...

Beginning with Togo in 1963, the majority of Africa’s leaders were more likely to have been brought to power through a military coup than the ballot box. The 1990s brought some positive changes.

President William Ruto’s careful silence amid explosive coup allegations speaks volumes about Kenya’s delicate power dynamics ...

Many Europeans worry that instability in Africa will drive more people to flee ... for those involved in the coup, in line with sanctions under consideration by ECOWAS. The junta in Niger has ...

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.

The report, “Niger: Threatened and Brought to Heel: Human Rights and Civic Space under pressure since the 26 July Coup”, ...