Burkina Faso Saturday froze the assets of General Diendéré Gilbert, who led a failed coup last week in which his men took the president and prime minister hostage a few weeks before the elections were due. The prosecutor said in a statement, he also froze the assets of 13 more …

Doubts are growing about the capacity of the African Union forces to defeat al Shabaab radical group in Somalia. Despite battlefield successes of the Union, the Islamists have maintained their military capacity and has recently conducted large-scale attacks on trade union grounds. According to analysts, the Union troops lack the …

A presidential elite guard who organized a coup a week in Burkina Faso refuses to disarm in line with a West African peace agreement, the army said Monday. The peace agreement brokered by the regional bloc ECOWAS is “in a bind” the Chief of Staff of the Army said, denouncing …