Mali's military junta says it thwarted an attempted coup last week led by "Western-backed" soldiers. The alleged foiled coup took place on the night between 11 and 12 May, the ...
A reported coup in the West African state of Guinea-Bissau has left many members of the security forces dead, its president says. Umaro Cissoko Embaló said the situation was under ...
The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Kaboré, has reportedly been detained by mutinying soldiers. Some troops in the West African nation have demanded the sacking of military chiefs and more ...
Guinea’s military junta has barred its members from running in the next elections that will mark a return to civilian rule. It came as the junta announced on Monday a ...
Sudan says that "forces of darkness" linked to the ousted President Omar al-Bashir were behind Tuesday's failed coup attempt. "Remnants from the previous regime" were "intent on aborting the civilian ...
Col Mamady Doumbouya is seen as the new man in charge of Guinea after he led a unit of elite soldiers to seize power on Sunday. Announcing the military takeover, ...
A military unit made a failed coup attempt in Niger's capital Niamey on Wednesday, a government spokesman said, coming just two days before the country's first ever democratic transition of power. President-elect ...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said two Americans were among so-called “mercenary terrorists” who carried out a failed armed invasion of his country earlier this week. Maduro went on state television ...
A military tribunal in Burkina Faso on Tuesday handed down a sentence of 30 years to the wife of a general convicted of leading a deadly coup bid four years ...
Sudan's military said Wednesday that it had arrested the army chief and several senior officers in connection with a foiled coup attempt. In a statement, the army said it had arrested ...
