In a strategic move aimed at preventing potential power shifts reminiscent of recent events in Niger and Gabon, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, aged 65, and Cameroonian...
Army officers have appeared on national television to say they have seized power in Gabon, after President Ali Bongo was re-elected to a third term in...
The United Nations has announced that at least 382 children have been killed or maimed by armed groups since the coup started last year. Tom Andrews,...
Sudan’s military coup leader, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has said the military seized power to prevent “civil war”. Protests are continuing for a second day in...
The Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) has suspended the membership of West African nation Mali, increasing international pressure on the military junta that seized power...
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has announced his resignation hours after he and the Prime Minister were arrested by mutinous soldiers in a suspected coup. The...
On Sunday, April 22, 1990, the voice Gideon Orkar, a major in the Nigerian army, welcomed Nigerians to the 7am news bulletin of Radio Nigeria. His...