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In response to last week’s coup, the regional group for Central Africa known as Eccas claims to have suspended Gabon’s membership. Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema, the leader of the coup, was sworn in as interim president earlier on Monday. He assumed control shortly after Ali Bongo’s third term as president …

In an effort to reorganise the armed forces, the Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) has retired 12 generals and other senior officers, while President Paul Biya of Cameroon has changed the defense ministry in that nation in Central Africa. Both actions follow the Gabon coup, the most recent in a string …

Moussa Faki Mahamat, the president of the African Union Commission, declared on Wednesday that he “strongly condemns” what he called a coup attempt in Gabon. In the oil-rich nation of central Africa, rebel officers stated earlier on Wednesday that they had taken control of the country following disputed elections in …

After winning the election on Saturday, President Ali Bongo was overthrown in a military coup in Gabon. In an election that the opposition said was highly contested, Bongo, who took office after the passing of his father in 2009, was elected for a third term. According to reports, soldiers in …

In a last-ditch effort to prevent military action in coup-torn Niger, religious leaders and politicians in northern Nigeria have created back-door routes. Ancient cultural, social, and economic ties that connect southern Niger with seven border states in northern Nigeria—Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, Jigawa, Borno, and Yobe—have come under threat due …

Due to the political unrest in the Niger Republic, the Nigerian Government on Friday ordered the immediate closure of all land borders with that country. According to Bashir Adeniyi Adewale, the Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCoS), the strategy is in the best interests of both nations. The …

On Sunday, while junta supporters attacked the French embassy in Niamey, West African nations imposed sanctions and threatened to use force if Niger’s coup leaders failed to restore ousted President Mohammed Bazoum within a week. Responding to the seventh coup in recent years in the Sahel, the 15-nation ECOWAS bloc …

Following the appearance of troops in on national television to declare the overthrow of President Mohamed Bazoum’s government, the United States, France, and the United Nations have strongly denounced what appears to be a military coup in Niger. Following a day of uncertainty during which the president was imprisoned and …