Social media users shared video of Ivorian soccer fans celebrating in the street after a 2024 Africa Cup victory with ...

Attacks by Islamic militants are surging in western Africa, where the U.S. is struggling to track terrorist movements in the ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) faces growing threats of terrorism, climate change, military coups, ...

Beyond colonial blame, this op-ed by Emmanuel Ezeoka challenges African leaders to fix corruption, poverty, and governance ...

Economic Community of West African States continues to promote economic integration, peace and cooperation in West Africa - ...

Opinion - On this Africa Day, as Africans commemorate the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963--now the African Union (AU)--one is compelled to ask: have we, as Africans, lost ...

In interviews with local media, Commander General Michael Langley stood by his controversial remarks about Burkina Faso's ...

Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s former head of state, has called on West African leaders to remain committed to democracy and not ...

The coup leader can break this cycle of repression and violence only if he actively pursues reform and transparency ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, 34 years old, became the provisional head of Burkina Faso’s government after a military coup in ...

Covering the World's Second-largest Continent Welcome to our brand-new show - Firstpost Africa - that brings you stories from across the world from Africa's lens. From the coup epidemic to a dynamic ...

Ten years of crisis have exacerbated conflict between herders and farmers in the Central African Republic. But reduced insecurity, coupled with warmer relations with Chad, gives Bangui an opportunity ...