Tag: coup
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…
South Africa warns Lesotho coup ‘shall not be tolerated’
Regional powerhouse South Africa warned Saturday that it would not tolerate an apparent military coup in Lesotho, after soldiers surrounded…
Police HQ seized in Lesotho coup
Lesotho’s military seized control of police headquarters in the tiny African kingdom in the early hours of Saturday, a government…
Over 110,000 Cambodian flee Thailand after coup
More than 110,000 Cambodians have fled Thailand to return home in the past week, fearing a crackdown on migrant workers…
Coup: Colonel, Bizman Arrested
Benin Republic said Sunday that authorities have thwarted an attempt to oust President Thomas Boni Yayi and install a military…
G/Bissau junta set for crackdown
Guinea-Bissau’s new ruling junta banned marches Tuesday and warned it would crack down on demonstrators as the African Union suspended…
Zimbabwe’s FM stranded in Mali
Zimbabwean Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi and two other government officials are stranded in Mali because of the coup in the…
ECOWAS, EU condemn Malian Coup Makers
West Africa regional bloc ECOWAS has condemned actions by renegade Mali soldiers who claimed they had seized power from an…
Dele Abiodun Survives Another Coup
President of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN), Admiral Dele Abiodun, has survived another coup aimed at removing him…