A dozen military officials who took power from the president in Niger last week met with the leaders of Mali, a country where the Kremlin-backed Wagner mercenary group has deployed about 1,500 troops.

Kenya has offered to lead a police force to help restore order to Haiti, where gangs that control vast parts of the country’s capital have fomented violence.

Ousmane Sonko, a fiery figure with a loyal youth following, was charged with fomenting insurrection, and his party dissolved.

As France prepared to evacuate its citizens, Burkina Faso and Mali said they would take any military operation by other West African nations to reinstate the president as a “declaration of war.”

A demand for a restoration of democracy echoed calls by the United States and France, major security allies of Niger.

This past week’s military takeover in Niger completed a domino chain of countries ruled by leaders who seized power by force, fueling instability and presenting a conundrum for the United States.

Gen. Omar Tchiani spoke on state television as the head of a transitional leadership in the West African country, two days after his troops detained the elected president.

At a summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, President Vladimir V. Putin offered free grain as he sought to shore up ties with the continent. But lower-than-hoped-for attendance among African leaders hinted at tempering support.

Firefighters have scrambled to extinguish blazes in at least 10 countries as a heat wave has swept the Mediterranean region. Here’s what to know.

Military mutineers said that they had ousted the country’s elected leader. The move shakes a pillar of democracy in West Africa.

Uganda has been under authoritarian rule for decades. Wine has doggedly challenged its leader, and this documentary shows the price he’s paid.

A group of soldiers claimed to have seized power in Niger. But President Mohamed Bazoum and his allies insist the coup could still be reversed.

President Mohamed Bazoum was one of the West’s most reliable partners in a volatile region threatened by militant extremists and prone to coups.

A new study offers clues to the mysteries of kimberlite eruptions, the source of most of the diamonds mined on Earth today.

As President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia prepares to host African leaders at a summit, a collapsed grain deal and the uncertain fate of Wagner mercenaries have cast a shadow.

The presidency of the West African country said that members of the presidential guard were trying to rally the military in an “anti-republican move.” The president’s fate was unclear.

Algeria’s government said that 10 of the dead were soldiers who were trying to rescue people from the fires, which have raged for days in a forested coastal region.

In his first two months in office, President Bola Tinubu has ripped the Band-Aid off Nigeria’s ailing economy. Time will tell if it can heal, but for now, Nigerians are feeling the pain.

Morocco is the first North African and majority Arab nation to qualify for the Women’s World Cup. It’s hoping to pick up the baton its men’s team carried in Qatar.

Antigovernment protests over price hikes and new taxes have left at least 29 people dead in recent weeks, prompting the country’s news outlets to join together to issue a dire warning.