Benin’s interior minister, Alassane Seidou, on Sunday said that the Army had thwarted an attempted coup by a group of soldiers who said they had ousted President Patrice Talon. “A small group of soldiers launched a mutiny with the aim of destabilising the country and its institutions. “Faced with this situation, the Beninese Armed Forces…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organization, Afenifere, has strongly condemned the calls by some people in the country beseeching the military to take over power in Nigeria. In a statement issued by the organisation’s National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, Afenifere asserted that the country’s democratic dispensation “should not be sacrificed or…
Burkina Faso’s security and intelligence services foiled a coup attempt on Tuesday, according to the country’s military government. It alleged that officers and others had planned to destabilise the country and throw it into chaos. It has been just less than a year since the interim President Captain Ibrahim Traoré seized power. That was the…
The United States of America has commenced a major military movement in Niger Republic. The Headquarters, United States Department of Defence, is now repositioning some troops and equipment within Niger. The US will also withdraw a small number of non-essential personnel “out of an abundance of caution.” This is the first major military movement since…
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo has appeared in a video calling for his “friends” to “make noise” after military officers in the oil-rich Central African state staged a coup. “I’m sending a message to all friends that we have all over the world to tell them to make noise for (…) the people here who arrested…