Guinea

After promising democratic reforms, the junta is attacking the press and opposition.

Africa’s regional organizations won’t be taken seriously if they regularly denounce military juntas while tolerating constitutional coups.

A coup in Guinea, one of the world’s top bauxite producers, has spooked an already jittery market.

The world turned a blind eye to former President Alpha Condé’s abuses.

Beijing has dropped its own usual excuse to oppose a coup for practical reasons.

The AU’s double standard on lifelong leaders who reject term limits undercuts its moral standing to reject military coups.

Taking a page from Vladimir Putin's playbook, undemocratic leaders in Guinea and Togo are seeking to extend their rule through ostensibly democratic means.

West Africa’s medical system was brought within an inch of its life by a devastating epidemic. But Havana could help nurse it back to health.

Western observers were quick to call Nigeria's smooth power transition a stepping stone for Africa. But nations facing different challenges are not finding their election seasons to be any easier than before.

The epidemic may be nearing “zero cases” — but it's still disrupting the delivery of vaccines for measles, polio, and other deadly childhood diseases.

The United States prepared for an Ebola crisis that never came. What it learned in the process was that it's not yet ready to confront a bioterrorist attack.

Hundreds of thousands infected. Tens of billions of dollars lost. Africa’s Ebola outbreak looked apocalyptic, but an unprecedented global response kept the worst from happening.

West Africa may finally be on the road to recovery. But the worst of the Ebola crisis may be yet to come.

Two fishing vessels suspected of illegal fishing in Antarctic waters are refusing inspections by the New Zealand navy.