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Cameroon reshuffles defence ministry, Rwanda retires 12 generals amidst Gabon coup Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has made changes to the Central African country’s Ministry of Defence just as the Rwandan Defence Force (RDF) has retired…

Sheikh Bala Lau, respected Islamic scholar and national leader of the Jama’atu Izalatu Bidi’ah wa Ikamatus Sunnah, the largest Salafi movement in Nigeria, has arrived Niger Republic alongside other Nigerian Islamic scholars as part of…

The military leaders in the Republic of Niger who seized power in a coup in July have formed a new government, according to a decree on national television on Thursday. Niger’s Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine will lead the…

By Zach A. Hyellamada Paris is deeply concerned by the recent military coup in Niger, which poses potential risks for France, its only remaining ally in the Sahel region. While the immediate political vacuum created by the coup raises…

Niger’s army declares support for military coup Niger’s army command on Thursday declared support for a coup instigated the previous day by soldiers of the presidential guard, saying its priority was to avoid destabilising the country.…

A coup attempt in Sudan “failed” early Tuesday, stated Sudan's Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, as the country grapples with a fragile transition since the 2019 ouster of longtime President Omar al-Bashir. Top military and government…

West African foreign ministers will arrive in Guinea on Friday to evaluate the situation after a military coup in the country, Burkina Faso’s foreign minister Alpha Barry said Thursday. The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Ghana,…

A delegation from West Africa’s main political and economic bloc is in Guinea, two days after it suspended the country’s membership in response to a military coup that removed President Alpha Conde. The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso,…