Tag: Coups D’Etat and Attempted Coups D’Etat

The leader of a coup in the West African nation of Guinea won a landslide victory in a presidential election ...

The American Embassy in Benin said on Sunday that it was monitoring “unconfirmed reports of a coup by members of ...

The military in Guinea-Bissau has installed a general as the country’s new transitional leader, a day after President Umaro Sissoco ...

The army took control of Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday, according to a military spokesman on state television, one day before the ...

Voters in Ivory Coast go to the polls today for a presidential election that is expected to extend the rule ...

Two days after the ouster of Madagascar’s president, the desperate conditions that led the country’s young people to rise up ...

President Andry Rajoelina of Madagascar dissolved Parliament on Tuesday ahead of an impeachment vote by lawmakers, in his latest effort ...

President Andry Rajoelina of Madagascar said in a speech published online Monday that he was sheltering in an undisclosed location ...

A unit in the Madagascar military broke from the government on Saturday and joined protesters who have been calling for ...

Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema has won the presidential election in the Central African nation of Gabon, according to provisional results, ...