Elections were due to be held in July last year, but the junta, which took power in a coup in September 2022, ultimately extended its transition by five years.

This development comes amid growing efforts by the junta to distance itself from former colonial ruler France and assert national sovereignty. Since taking power in a September 2022 coup — the second ...

Burkina Faso’s ruler has officially scrapped the country’s electoral commission, describing it as unnecessary and financially ...

In a move clearly and widely seen as an attempt to perpetuate itself in power against the express wishes of the people, the ruling military Junta in Mali led by General Assimi Goita has been granted ...

General Assimi Goïta, Mali's junta leader, has signed a controversial law granting himself a five-year presidential mandate - renewable indefinitely and without election - sparking widespread concern ...