Africa International

Aborted coup in Bissau: “The situation is under control”

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo escaped a coup attempt on Tuesday, the latest in a series of coups across West Africa. Mr. Embalo, a former general who arrived in 2020 at the head of this country with a political history marked by such events, appeared Tuesday evening before the press unharmed and serene, after having […]

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Mali: Former PM Boubou Cissé charged with coup attempt

A judicial investigation has been opened against former Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cissé and several others by the Bamako prosecutor in the case of an attack on state security, after several Malian figures were arrested on December 21 on suspicion of fomenting a coup d’état. On Thursday, Mali’s office of the public prosecutor announced that […]

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Ethiopian army chief & Regional President shot dead in coup attempt

Ethiopia’s army chief of staff and the regional president of the northern state of Amhara were killed in two related attacks over the weekend. Amhara President Ambachew Mekonnen was killed in his offices by ‘mercenaries’ in Bahir Dar, while the army chief, Seare Mekonnen, was shot dead in Addis Ababa, the office of Ethiopian Prime […]