A delegation from the West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS has made no headway in talks with coup leaders in Guinea-Bissau but said at the end of its visit that discussions would continue later this month.

For decades it looked as though Simandou’s riches might never be dug up. Rio Tinto, an Anglo-Australian miner, first won exploration rights in 1997. Apart from bribery scandals, corporate rivalries and political instability, including two coups d’état, the project was long stymied by its high upfront costs.

Guinea-Bissau takeover is the latest in the Sahel region, which has quietly become global epicentre of terrorism

Senegal's prime minister and Nigeria's former leader say they do not believe the military takeover was genuine.

West Africa's ECOWAS and African Union observers on Wednesday expressed concern over the military takeover in Guinea-Bissau and the arrests of election officials, a joint statement issued by the organizations said.

Country’s National Electoral Commission not in position to publish outcome of presidential and legislative elections as demanded by ECOWAS, says official - Anadolu Ajansı

In West Africa’s latest military takeover, soldiers in Guinea-Bissau followed up a disputed presidential election by seizing power last week in what some critics allege was a staged coup to avoid having the incumbent lose.

The events in Guinea-Bissau reflect a so-called polycrisis for countries in and around the Sahel belt, sandwiched between North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. This region has, since 2020, become the global epicenter of both terrorism and coups – so much so that it is sometimes dubbed the Sahel “coup belt”.

A patient with the rare, but highly infectious Marburg virus disease has died in Guinea, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) statement on Monday. It's the first case of the Ebola-like virus in West Africa. A patient with the rare, but highly ...

The resolution was issued following an Extraordinary Virtual Session of the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council (MSC) at the level of Heads of State and Government, chaired by Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio, who is also Chairperson of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government.