The announcement follows a detailed assessment of the events leading to the overthrow of President Roch Kaboré in late January, which the US has now determined was indeed a military coup.

Role, BBC News; 30 August 2023. The ... The coup leaders disagreed with the official results of the election, ... After the announcement, hundreds of people took to the streets to welcome the coup.

BBC News, Libreville & Yaounde. Share Save. ... The announcement to free Mr Bongo follows pressure from regional bloc Eccas and ... The coup has been widely condemned in Africa and the West, ...

BBC News, Nairobi. Military coups were ... The overall number of coup attempts in Africa remained fairly consistent at an average of around four a year between 1960 and 2000.

Soldiers in the West African country of Niger have announced a coup on national TV. They said they had dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions and closed the nation's borders. Niger ...

Mali's new military leaders have agreed to establish an 18-month transition government until an election can take place, following last month's coup. Spokesperson Moussa Camara said the interim ...

Niger has become the latest country in West Africa where the army has seized control, following Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, and Chad - all former French colonies. Since 1990, a striking 78% of the ...

West African leaders have threatened military action against Niger's junta after it took power in a coup last week. The leaders gave the junta seven days to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum, who ...

Africa's most recent coup was in Burkina Faso two weeks ago African leaders have complained about a "wave" of coups, after five military takeovers in the past year.

Yet another coup in Africa - just five weeks after Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum was taken hostage by the troops of his own presidential guard, Gabon's Ali Bongo also finds himself detained in ...

BBC News, Lagos President Bola Tinubu, who is at the helm of regional superpower Nigeria, regards the coup across the border in Niger as a litmus test for democracy in West Africa.