Between August 2020 and August 2024, West and Central Africa experienced about nine coup attempts, four of which led to the military successfully taking over power in four West African Countries.

Between August 2020 and August 2024, West and Central Africa experienced about nine coup attempts, four of which led to the military successfully taking over power in four West African Countries.

West Africa: Military Coups in West Africa Threaten Democratic Gains - Tinubu Premium Times, 23 April 2025 The president, who was represented by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca ...

Despite its current crisis, Ecowas can look back on successes in integration, peace and security, and good governance.

At least 26 people were killed Monday when a truck drove over a roadside bomb in northeast Nigeria near the border with ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) marked its 50th anniversary. The Golden Jubilee brought together ...

Compared to the chaotic state of Western nations, Russia looks to Africans like a stable, reliable power — whatever internal ...

and training military and law enforcement personnel for them, as well as other areas including farm products and energy. This meeting is crucial for Russia's strategic pivot in West Africa ...

There is a reason why today Iran-Africa cooperation is a sine qua non. The Persian country is morphing into a linchpin of the ...

Several other military officials who staged coups in West Africa over the past few years have stayed in power by delaying elections and maintaining lengthy transition rules. General Nguema ...

The stark consequences of the rollback are evident in few places as clearly as in Sudan, where a brutal civil war has ...