Twenty-eight soldiers were killed in an attack in northern Benin, a security source told AFP on Thursday, as violence blamed ...

Benin's armed forces have suffered heavy losses in an attack on one of their most well-equipped positions in the north, where troops are trying to curb cross-border assaults by Islamist militants, the ...

Burkina Faso's military leader Capt Ibrahim Traore sparked concern when he attended Tuesday's inauguration of Ghana's President John Mahama with a holstered pistol at his waist. Some have described ...

Going back to the days of the Cold War, many Africans studied in the Soviet Union and later Russia. They’re now among ...

Gunmen launched an attack on the presidential complex in Chad's capital N'Djamena on Wednesday, sparking a battle that left 18 attackers and one security personnel member dead and several others ...

Leaders of the west African regional grouping Ecowas approved the long-awaited withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso ...

The three countries of the AES are set to leave ECOWAS. The existential shock could lead to a rejuvenation of the West ...

RENNES, France (AP) — Goalkeeper Brice Samba is joining Rennes from French league rival Lens, the Brittany club said Wednesday. Rennes said Samba, who is France's second-choice goalkeeper behind Mike ...

Burkina Faso's President Ibrahim Traoré was given a rousing welcome when he mounted the stage to congratulate Ghana's newly ...

President Emmanuel Macron Tuesday faced accusations from France's remaining allies in West Africa of showing contempt towards Africans and from the left at home of neo-colonialism after lamenting that ...

Ghana on Tuesday swore in president-elect John Mahama in the capital Accra before some 20 regional leaders as he promises to ...

African governments have criticized a speech by French President Emmanuel Macron in which he said that some leaders showed ...