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British secret files on Nigeria’s first bloody coup, path to Biafra
It was a soundless morning, dark, pulsating, starless. The harmattan spiked the 2am air with prickly cold and fog. With…
Gabon: AU Commission chief condemns coup attempt
The Chairperson of African Union (AU) Commission, Mr Moussa Mahamat, on Monday condemned the failed coup in Gabon.
Just IN: Gabon kills 2 leaders of aborted coup
The chief military rebel who led a failed coup in Gabon on Monday has been arrested and two of his…
Gabon foils coup
A spokesperson for the government of Gabon has said the political situation in the country is "under control", following an…
Coup in Gabon, army seizes radio station
There are reports of military coup in Gabon, as the military seized the state-owned radio station in the capital Libreville…
News Analysis: Did America have foreknowledge of Gabon coup?
Did the United States have a foreknowledge of today’s coup in Gabon as it happened days after President Donald Trump…
Coup: Turkey arrests 118 soldiers
Turkish Authorities on Tuesday arrested 118 Soldiers over their alleged links to a group believed to be behind a coup…
103 soldiers detained over botched coup
Suspected of having links to the U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating a failed coup in mid-2016, 103 Turkish soldiers…
Duterte dares Philippines military to launch coup against him
President Rodrigo Duterte of Philippines on Tuesday, dared military officers, allegedly disgruntled over his order to revoke an amnesty granted…
EFCC’s freezing of two state govt accounts worst coup in nation’s history – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the freezing of the accounts of Governments of Benue and Akwa…
Mugabe, the West, and a Coup
Military coup has never been a solution to anything. Tanks in the public sphere will always be a pox on…
Saraki’s Farcical Coup of July 4th
In reviewing the farcical coup—orchestrated by the president of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki—that took place on Tuesday, July 4,…
Breaking: We’ll resist coup plotters – Tinubu
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu says the nation will never allow the military to…
Coup: Army moves to arrest suspects
The Nigerian Army may have begun an internal search for soldiers and officers suspected to be engaging in political meetings,…
Failed coup cost Turkey $100b
Bulent Tufenkci, Turkish Customs and Trade Minister, said on Tuesday in Istanbul that the failed coup of July 15 has…
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Coup attempt: Turkey’s president declares state of emergency
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared a state of emergency for three months following Friday night’s failed coup. Erdogan…
Burkina Faso court charges general, ex-minister over coup
(Reuters) – A court in Burkina Faso on Tuesday charged a general and a former foreign minister with crimes including…
Burkina Faso disbands elite unit behind coup
Reuters – Burkina Faso’s cabinet on Friday dissolved the elite presidential guard that took the president and prime minister hostage…
Kafando back in power after coup
Burkina Faso’s interim President Michel Kafando, who was taken hostage during a coup a week ago, said on Wednesday he…
Burkina Faso army enters capital as coup leaders free president
Ouagadougou (AFP) – Burkina Faso army troops have entered the capital Ouagadougou without resistance and begun negotiating the surrender of…
Buhari condemns Burkina Faso coup, calls for civil transition immediately
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Government of Nigeria unreservedly condemned Wednesday’s detention of the interim President, the Prime Minister…
Outrage over Burkina Faso coup
Outrage has continued to greet the military take-over of the government in the tiny West African country of Burkina Faso.…
Senate President: The Saraki Coup Story
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Former Governor Bukola Saraki of Kwara with the support of senators elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic…
18 suspects in court over failed Burundi coup
Burundi took 18 people suspected of involvement in a failed coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza to the high court, relatives…
What You don’t know about Sambo Dasuki
In August 1985, the evening of the 26th to be specific, at a time when Nigerians were celebrating the Muslim…
US arraigns two over failed Gambia coup
US prosecutors on Monday charged two men with conspiring to overthrow the government of Gambia in a failed coup ostensibly…
Gambia president blames foreign ‘dissidents’ in failed coup
Gambia’s strongman leader Yahya Jammeh has blamed unidentified foreign dissidents and “terrorists” for an assault on his presidential palace and…
Coup in Rivers NLC: Vice sacks chairman with thugs, takes over
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt In what could be akin to a coup, vice chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Rivers…
Lesotho PM throws peace deal into doubt, Zuma to mediate
Lesotho’s prime minister told AFP on Monday that he would not reopen parliament, calling into question a South African-brokered peace…
Lesotho PM expected to return after ‘coup’
Lesotho’s prime minister is set to return home Tuesday after three days in exile in neighbouring South Africa, as regional…