Burkina Faso said on Thursday that four officers had been detained, a day after the military government announced it had thwarted a coup attempt.
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The Congolese Government has quashed rumours of a coup attempt against President Denis Nguesso.
Gabonese General, Brice Oligui Nguema, who last week led a coup ending 55 years of rule by the Bongo dynasty, was sworn in on Monday as interim president, AFP journalists saw.
The draft law was approved in a meeting of Burkina’s military-dominated government, according to a statement seen Thursday.
A former Minister of Aviation in Nigeria, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has said that more military coups should be expected in Africa.
Recent coup in Gabon highlights troubling coups trend in West Africa, signalling deeper discontent with governance
Nigeria’s former External Affairs Minister and Professor of political science, Bolaji Akinyemi, has said that coups are motivated by bad governance.
Being the speech of the Chairman of ECOWAS, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria, at its Extraordinary Summit.
Before you condemn the coup in Niger, pause for one moment and ponder on the situation of things around the world in general, and in Africa and that country in particular. The coup didn’t just happen in a vacuum; it is not a singular event. If you ask me, it is a push back against neo-colonialism in a larger, multi-polar world. The Uni-polar World Order that America and its friends have maintained over the years, by keeping its boots on the neck of Africa over those same years, using its puppets on the ground and its big multinational corporations, can no longer, and should no longer stand.
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) said the ultimatum issued by West African States (ECOWAS), to the Niger’s Military junta is hasty and ill-advised.
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), has cautioned Nigeria and the authorities of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) not to take military action against the junta in Niger Republic.
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said the closure of Nigeria borders with Niger Republic is not a declaration of war between the two countries as speculated.
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has officially announced the closure of all land borders linking Nigeria with Niger Republic due to the recent coup d’etat in Niger.
“The legal framework of France’s defence agreement with Niger is based on accords that were signed with the legitimate Nigerien authorities,” the foreign ministry said after the junta in Niamey said it was cancelling military cooperation agreements with Paris.
Niger’s coup leaders have lifted the curfew they imposed after taking power and toppling the elected president, Mohammed Bazoum. “The…
Demonstrators took to the streets of Niger’s capital Niamey Thursday in a show of support for the country’s new leadership, a week after a military coup in the West African country.
President Bola Tinubu said that a mission of the Economic Community of West African States has been sent to the Niger Republic to intercede in the attempted coup in the country.
The prosecutor’s office of the capital Ankara said the warrant was issued Tuesday as part of an investigation into the Gulen Movement.
President Buhari congratulated Embalo on surviving the coup attempt and commended the loyal troops in Guinea Bissau for the show of patriotism leading to their “spectacular victory” over the disloyal elements of the military.
The leader of the coup used to be his bodyguard. He used to hold an umbrella over his head.