Benin Republic has placed Candide Azannai, former defence minister and prominent opposition politician, in pre-trial detention as ...

The cluster of coup attempts follows a broader pattern. Since 2020, there have been 11 successful military takeovers in Africa: one each in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Niger, Sudan, Chad, Madagascar and ...

This article was published in this column on 4 Au­gust, 2023 following the coup d’état in Niger Re­public on 26 July, 2023. It is being reprinted because of the recent developments in Benin Republic: ...

International criminal law was established to hold individuals accountable for heinous crimes such as genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The International Criminal Court (ICC) and ad ...

President Donald Trump expanded a travel ban imposed in June to seven additional countries and added restrictions to even ...

Rokia Koné recorded the song N’yanyan in one take, on a night when the world around her was in upheaval. It was August of 2020, and there was a coup d’etat in Mali. She found solace in the words, ...

Growing autocratic rule, a rise in jihadist attacks and a proliferation of coups in the Sahel contributed to the attempt by ...

It had become a familiar scene in West Africa. A group of soldiers appeared on state television in Benin on Sunday to claim ...

Like its neighbor Mali, Burkina Faso also witnessed two successive coups. In January 2022, Roch Kaboré was ousted by Lt. Col.

Lieutenant Colonel Tigri Pascal was named by the group, which calls itself the Military Committee for Refoundation, as ...

Warning: This story contains descriptions of torture and physical violence. Some readers may find it distressing. A shopkeeper has told the BBC how Russian mercenaries fighting jihadists in Mali ...