Burkina Faso and Russia traded phrases, after the symbolic Victory Day military parade held on May 9th in the Kremlin, to fight growing terrorism and widespread in the West African Sahel region, ...

In Mali on Thursday, two political opposition leaders went missing, sparking fears they may have been forcibly disappeared.

An attempt by Mali's military government to stamp out public dissent by banning all political activity will be put to the ...

Civic spaces are shrinking under Goita’s rule, democracy activists say, as the military suspends ‘political activity’.

The political landscape of West Africa is shifting in ways that no one, least of all ECOWAS, seems prepared to handle. What began as a troubling pattern of military coups has evolved into something ...

Mali has suspended political activities across the country ahead of a planned protest against the military junta that has ruled since coups in 2020 and 2021, authorities said on Wednesday.

In yet another blow to democracy in Mali, the country’s Council of Ministers on April 30, 2025, effectively banned all ...