The Gnassingbe family has collectively ruled the West African country since 1967, and many Togolese want change.

Polling stations in Togo’s capital Lome were largely deserted on Thursday. The low turnout came after June’s protests against ...

Although protests against Faure Gnassingbé's rule were suppressed in June, voices in Paris are now challenging the defense ...

People look for their names on the electoral roll before casting their ballot at a polling station in Lome, Togo, Saturday, April 25, 2015.

The Military and Transition Politics in Uganda" has laid bare the deep and expanding influence of Uganda's military across ...

A new report released by four Ugandan policy researchers and activists has raised concerns about the growing role of the ...

France’s pullout from West Africa follows two precepts. By dropping Françafrique, President Macron pulls two popular flags ...

DAKAR (Reuters) -At dawn on June 1, gunfire shattered the stillness of Mali's military base in Boulkessi. Some troops, ...

Army generals have seized power in Chad, Mali, Guinea, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Niger and Gabon in recent years promising ...

Qaeda, primarily active in Mali and Burkina Faso, has acquired the capacity to arm low-cost devices. This recent expertise ...

If you believe the viral videos online, R. Kelly and Pope Leo XIV agree on one thing -- that Burkina Faso's junta chief, ...