African countries have had nine successful military coups since 2020. In west and central Africa, there have been at least 10 coup attempts in the same period. Those of Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, ...

Chatham House convening and research focuses on social norms and anti-corruption programming in Nigeria; cross-border conflict and smuggling across West ... military and ‘constitutional’ coups since ...

February 10, 2025: The decades-long French military presence in Africa is declining ... Niger was closed and surrounding nations closed their borders with Niger. The coup leaders were isolated, ...

ECOWAS has become a target for military governments that have taken over Burkina, Mali and Niger. The military governments of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have withdrawn from the Economic Community of ...

However, in parts of West Africa, analysts say ECOWAS suffers from a legitimacy crisis, with citizens seeing it as ...

Beginning with Togo in 1963, the majority of Africa’s leaders were more likely to have been brought to power through a military ... coup have seen a near-doubling in South African exports to the ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

Gabon's interim President Brice Oligui Nguema seized power in a coup, the eight in West and central Africa ... delivering on a promise by the military coup leaders to take steps towards restoring ...

Interim leader Brice Oligui Nguema ... interim President Brice Oligui Nguema seized power in a coup, the eighth in West and Central Africa between 2020 and 2023, that ended the longstanding ...