Hardly a month goes by without news of another unconstitutional change of government on the African continent. These can take one of three forms. The first is a military coup d’état or violent change ...

(Algiers, November 30, and December 1, 2025)WE, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the participating Member States of the African Union (AU), Heads of Delegations, Representatives of the AU Commission ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Guinea and Gabon have all suffered regime change in the last five years, led by men in military uniform. Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau experienced the same fate in 2025.

Stats SA’s latest quarterly employment survey shows that the average monthly salary in South Africa increased to R29,490 in ...

The military struck in Nigeria’s West African neighbour, Benin, last Sunday, with the coupistsseizing the state television ...

Earlier Sunday, a group of soldiers appeared on Benin's state TV to announce the dissolution of the government in an apparent ...

Tanzania's government banned all forms of protest on Independence Day after canceling this year's commemoration and deploying police and soldiers to stop them. Activists accuse the government of ...

Like its neighbor Mali, Burkina Faso also witnessed two successive coups. In January 2022, Roch Kaboré was ousted by Lt. Col.

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has lauded President Bola Tinubu for his decisive military intervention in Benin Republic following a failed coup attempt, describing the action as vital for Nigeria’s ...

A leader of the West African regional bloc says coups and attempted coups have left the region in a state of emergency ...

South Africa’s observance of International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December 2025 brought together government leaders, ...

“We have reliable information that the regime in Uganda is planning a massacre. They are planning to provoke people into an uprising so they can get the opportunity to massacre people in cold blood in ...