This is the first time that officials have said how many foreign soldiers were deployed to help thwart the mutiny.

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

France helped the authorities in Benin thwart a coup attempt at the weekend, an aide to President Emmanuel Macron said ...

West Africa correspondent Monika Pronczuk had already reported on allegations of abuses by Russians fighting jihadists as ...

DAKAR, Senegal — It had become a familiar scene in West Africa. A group of soldiers appeared on state television in Benin on ...

A military takeover in Guinea-Bissau and an attempted coup in Benin are the latest tests for ECOWAS. But it is the ...

Islamist JNIM fighters have surrounded Mali's capital Bamako, blocking fuel supplies as the West African nation faces ...

A local vehicle exporting business has been hit with a $36.9-million penalty for selling 2,300 vehicles from Ontario to West ...

ECOWAS declares a state of emergency across West Africa due to rising political instability, military coups, and terrorism, ...

Nuno Espirito Santo says youngster Oliver Scarles is closing in on a return to action for West Ham.The 20-year-old underwent ...