Guinea-Bissau has joined a growing list of African countries where military officers have seized power since 2020.

Burkina Faso's coup leader said Tuesday he would abide by a deal reached with top African mediators, but warned his men would defend themselves if attacked after the army entered the capital. General ...

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - The leader of a short-lived coup in Burkina Faso, General Gilbert Diendere, was handed over to authorities on Thursday after seeking refuge in the Vatican embassy, sources in ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in support of the military junta after an alleged coup attempt and comments by an American official ...

DAKAR (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's junta said it had uncovered an international plot to overthrow it and which included the massacre in August of hundreds of civilians by Islamist insurgents. Some ...

The interim president overthrown in a coup last week in Burkina Faso says he’s now back in power. President Michel Kafando is expected to lead the West African country until new elections can be held.

Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, the leader of the military junta which seized control of Burkina Faso in a military coup d’etat earlier in the year, repeated a pledge to... A court in Ouagadougou ...

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - The president of Burkina Faso was back in charge on Wednesday and said he would resume overseeing a transition to democracy, ending a coup by presidential guard soldiers who ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is seeking to fill critical managerial positions within the regional ...