Democratic Republic of Congo Army Says It Has “Foiled A Coup,” Arrest Soldiers, Self-exiled Opposition Leader Threatens President
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army says it has “foiled a coup” early Sunday morning and arrested the perpetrators, including several foreigners, following a shootout...
Coup Scare: Defence Headquarters To Sue SaharaReporters, Tasks Security Agencies To “Take Appropriate Action”
Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said it will seek legal redress on the claim by online newspaper, SaharaReporters, that the Guards Brigade has been put on...
By Monima Daminabo, Sunday November 5, 2023 Even as the dust seems to settle over the recent sordid drama in Rivers State, which featured disturbing...
A 26 July coup in Niger has upended alliances in West Africa and struck another in a succession of blows to democratic principles in the...
UN Security Council Voices ‘Concern’ Over Burkina Faso, But Stops Short of ‘Coup’ Label
The UN Security Council (UNSC) expressed “serious concern” Wednesday over Burkina Faso’s “unconstitutional change of government” last month, but chose not to describe it as...
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guinea-Bissau, Suzi Barbosa, on Sunday told President Muhammadu Buhari that the coupists who struck in her country attempted to kill...
Drug Barons Likely Sponsored Guinea Bissau’s Aborted Coup, says President Embalo
Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo survived an attempted coup on Tuesday and suggested that the plotters may have been linked to drug trafficking. Earlier, heavy...
Says it an aberration that rewinds the clock of progress in the region The West African Elders Forum (WAEF) has strongly condemned the military coup...