CDD-West African warns agaisnt mistaking military populism for reforms, stressing that coups accelerate fragility rather than solve civilian governance failures.

Sixty-five years ago, 14 African countries gained independence from France. DW examines how they have developed since then — ...

Bank loans in Niger fell 18.2% in 2024, the steepest decline in WAEMU. Long-term loans dropped 18.6%, while short-term loans rose 28.1%. Niger posted the highest rate of bad loans in the union at 26.8 ...

Wagner, a feared Russian mercenary group, is being replaced on the continent by another Russian paramilitary, experts say – ...

However, it remains present in a new guise—as the African Corps. The Russian Federation has decided to end its „special ...

Under President Donald Trump the United States has reset relations with west Africa's military leaders on a mutual ...

Families who've lived along West Africa's Niger River for generations have watched their livelihoods disappear as their ...

According to historians, Mansa Musa, an African man, possessed more wealth than any other individual on Earth.

When Mali’s military staged a first coup on 18 August 2020, they said they were not planning on holding onto power and ...

Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio, who took over the rotating chairmanship of the Economic Community of West African ...

A representative of the junta said the man had worked “on behalf of the French intelligence service, which mobilized ...

Mali's military-led government has arrested two generals and a French national, accusing them of participating in an alleged plot to destabilise the West African nation, according to a government ...