Gabriele Steinhauser is The Wall Street Journal’s Southeast Asia bureau chief. Before that, she covered sub-Saharan Africa ...

Russia’s growing footprints in Africa provide West African junta-led countries with an opportunity to recalibrate their ...

Burkina Faso’s government foiled a coup plot targeting Captain Ibrahim Traoré, involving soldiers and terrorist groups aiming ...

The military government of Burkina Faso says it foiled a "major plot" to overthrow Ibrahim Traoré, junta leader, last week.

Ghana's new leader said Tuesday he initiated a fresh bid to woo back Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to the west African bloc ...

West African leaders are gathering in Accra, Ghana, for a two-day meeting to address the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and ...

Burkina Faso’s military govt says it has foiled a “coup plot” to overthrow Ibrahim Traoré, junta leader, accusing soldiers of ...

Burkina Faso’s military government says it has thwarted a major coup attempt targeting junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traore.

Burkina Faso's military government has said it foiled a "major plot" to overthrow junta leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré, with the ...

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu and the Republic of Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, are set to meet, as face-off between the two nations gradually eases. Naija News reports that this was ...

The coup in Niger Republic was particularly perceived as an afront to Nigeria, because it took place after Nigeria had become ...

The commanding win of junta leader Brice Oligui Nguema in Gabon's presidential election over the weekend gives him a seven-year mandate to turn the page on more than half a century of father-and-son ...