TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Africa and its Country Names 00:27 Abyssinia to Ethiopia 02:04 Raid 04:09 Gold Coast to Ghana 05:56 Rhodesia to Zimbabwe 07:55 Upper Volta to Burkina Faso 09:02 Kongo to Zaire to ...

Below is a list of African countries currently under military rule. 1. Burkina Faso (since January 2022) Burkina Faso is a francophone West African nation, and according to the World Bank, it has ...

Growth is projected to edge up from 3.3% in 2024 to 3.5% in 2025, showing some resilience, despite uncertainty in the global economy and restricted fiscal space. The median inflation rate declined ...

Overall, nearly a third of the deals signed outside the Big Four in Africa last year focused on the Francophone region, which attracted over half a billion dollars in VC funding — 695% year-on ...

An earlier version of this article misstated the number of people from seven banned African countries who overstayed their visas in 2023. It was just under 2,500 people, not just over 5,000.

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, though not the most populous or economically strong countries in the region, account for more than half the alliance’s 1.9 million square miles and 17 percent of ...