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West Africa

Nigeria’s Benin rescue thwarts a coup, sends a warning to a volatile region

Analysis
Africa

Guinea-Bissau: Military officers seize ‘total control’

Africa

Main opposition barred in Guinea-Bissau vote as President Embalo seeks second term

Africa

Jihadists threaten to overrun Mali as blockades continue

Africa

Ivory Coast’s economic champion Ouattara consolidates power with fourth presidential term

Profile
Africa

Alassane Ouattara wins Ivory Coast presidential election, according to provisional results

Africa

Senegal report sheds new light on WWII French colonial massacre

Africa

Senegal awaits report on French colonial-era massacre of Thiaroye

Africa
Tête à tête

'We must bring security back to West Africa': Sierra Leone's Bio

Africa

Too much twerk: How 'Dior parties' are causing a scandal in West Africa

Africa

France ends military presence in Senegal

Africa

France returns military base to Senegal marking the end of its presence in West Africa

Africa

Mali junta chief Assimi Goïta grants his own unlimited presidential mandate

Africa

Trump meets five West African leaders, hails pivot from aid to trade

Africa

Armed attack in Niger kills 34 soldiers near Mali border

Africa
Focus

Senegal's gold mining boom leads to surge in sex trafficking

Africa

Mali’s military junta dissolves political parties in crackdown on opposition

Africa

Mali's military junta suspends political parties' activities 'until further notice'

Africa

Longtime Togo leader Gnassingbe consolidates grip on power with title swap

Africa

Ivory Coast opposition protests disappoint following exclusion of candidate Tidjane Thiam

Africa

🌟The Bright Side: Guinea’s traditional Leppi fabric gets protected status

Africa

West African bloc raises 'deep concern' over Algeria-Mali dispute

Africa

Niger junta releases ministers of overthrown government

Africa

Niger’s junta leader Tiani sworn in as president for five-year transition period

Africa

Ghana opposition candidate John Mahama wins presidential election

Afrique

Scores killed in clashes between rival fans at football match in Guinea

Africa
People & Profit

Bittersweet business: How the global cocoa industry is changing

Business

Burkina Faso military regime aims to reinstate death penalty, govt source says

Africa

Boko Haram attack on Chad army garrison kills scores of people, government says

Africa

President Paul Biya returns to Cameroon after weeks abroad amid health rumours

Africa

Controversial West African activist Kemi Seba detained in Paris

France

Nigeria detains tailors who made Russian flags for anti-government protests

Mali rebels claim to have killed at least 130 soldiers, Russians in July clashes

Africa

Russia's Wagner group reports casualties in intense clash with Tuareg rebels in Mali

Africa

West Africa bloc warns of 'disintegration' as juntas form 'Confederation of Sahel States'

Africa

Breakaway junta confederation undermines ECOWAS summit

Africa

President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani wins re-election in Mauritania

Africa

Senegal: price of sheep soar ahead of Tabaski

Africa

Seven Benin soldiers killed by gunmen in national park attack, army source says

Africa

Togo votes in key legislative elections after divisive constitutional reform

Africa

Burkina Faso’s army summarily executed 223 civilians, says Human Rights Watch

Africa

Mauritania’s President Ghazouani announces bid for second term

Africa

Togo lawmakers give final approval to new constitution amid opposition fears

Africa

Senegal's Faye makes first foreign visit as president to Mauritania

Africa

'Human-induced' climate change caused deadly Sahel heatwave, says study

Africa

Togo opposition calls for mass protest over legislative elections delay

Africa

Climate change and gold mining threaten West Africa's cocoa production

Africa

African Union 'warmly congratulates' Senegal's Faye on presidential election win

Africa

French court hands former Liberian rebel commander 30-year jail sentence

Africa

Togo adopts new constitution, parliament set to elect president

Africa

Bassirou Diomaye Faye: From prison to Senegal’s presidential spotlight

Africa

Vote count continues in Senegal's presidential election

Africa

Vote count under way in Senegal's tightly contested presidential election

Africa

Senegal's presidential candidates hold final campaign events before vote

Africa

Senegal opposition leaders Sonko, Faye released from prison ahead of vote

Africa

UN report: Girls often excluded from education in Afghanistan and Africa

Africa

Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso announce joint anti-jihadist force

Africa

Senegal's Macky Sall proposes amnesty bill to calm election-linked turmoil

Africa

Blinken pledges $45 million to boost security on Africa trip

Africa

Blinken starts West Africa tour to boost democracies, counter Sahel security threat

Africa

France closes embassy in Niger until further notice

Africa

Former Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam elected to lead Ivory Coast opposition

Africa

Clashes in Guinea over fuel supply after oil depot blast kills at least 23

Africa

Guinea-Bissau appoints new PM after last month's 'attempted coup'

Africa

Senegal judge orders reinstatement of jailed opposition leader Sonko on electoral roll

Africa

West African leaders set conditions for lifting Niger sanctions imposed after July coup

Africa

Guinea-Bissau's president dissolves parliament after 'attempted coup'

Africa

Guinea-Bissau army says holding leader of rebel security unit after clashes

Africa

Dozens killed in attack by armed groups in Burkina Faso, UN says

Africa

More than a dozen military officers arrested in Sierra Leone over 'failed coup'

Africa

Sierra Leone government says 'calm has been restored' after armed clashes

Africa

Sierra Leone declares nationwide curfew after attack on Freetown army barracks

Africa