Benin’s presidency has assured the public that President Patrice Talon is safe and that government forces are steadily restoring order aft...

A group of Guinea-Bissau military officers on Wednesday announced that all borders were closed after they seized total control of the count...

Madagascar’s new military ruler, Michael Randrianirina, said on Wednesday he would soon be sworn in as the country’s president as the Afric...

A mutinied army unit declared Sunday that it was taking control of all Madagascar military forces as President Andry Rajoelina said an ...

Bolivian armed forces pulled back from the presidential palace in La Paz on Wednesday evening and a general was arrested after President ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) armed forces repelled an attempted coup d’etat involving Congolese and foreign fighters on Sunday ...

Burkina Faso’s security and intelligence services foiled a coup attempt on Tuesday, according to the country’s military government, BBC rep...

Gabon’s former president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, has been released from house arrest and is free to leave the country for medical treatment, t...

The leader of a coup that ousted Gabon’s President Ali Bongo was sworn in as interim president and cheered by jubilant supporters on Monda...

The African Union on Thursday suspended Gabon’s membership one day after military officers ousted President Ali Bongo, the first regional ...

A group of senior Gabonese military officers appeared on national television in the early hours of Wednesday and said they had taken power, ...

The African Union (AU) has suspended Niger from all its activities following the military coup there and told its members to avoid any act...

Niger’s junta named a new government overnight, forcing its agenda before a summit on Thursday of regional leaders who have demanded that ...

Niger closed its airspace on Sunday until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from the West African regional bloc a...

The General Abdourahmane Tchiani-led military junta in the Republic of Niger is planning on recalling its Ambassador to Nigeria, US, France...

Supporters of Niger’s junta protested against foreign sanctions in the capital Niamey on Thursday, as France condemned the new authorities...

France will evacuate French and European citizens from Niger, starting on Tuesday, its foreign ministry said, days after a junta seized po...

The junta that seized power in Niger last week detained three more senior politicians from the ousted government on Monday, their party sa...

The Niger military junta that seized power last week and ousted democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum said on Monday the toppled g...

Leaders of the coup in Niger declared General Abdourahamane Tiani as the new head of state on Friday, and said they had suspended the cons...