Tag: Coup
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Coup: Africa needs to ”rejig” its democracy – Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the current spate where civil governments are being overthrown across the African continent shows that democracy needs to be ”rejigged” and put in a proper direction.
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Military coups: What Tinubu told UN General Assembly
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday called on world leaders to affirm democratic governance as the best guarantor of the sovereign will and well-being of the people, saying military coups are wrong.
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How I became a politician by accident – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday in Abeokuta said he never wanted to be a politician but only became one by accident.
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No coup attempt in Congo Brazzaville – Moungalla
The Congolese Government has quashed rumours of a coup attempt against President Denis Nguesso.
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Africa and the conflict of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ coups – By Magnus Onyibe
Can the current raft of coup de-tats in Africa be a signal to the end of imperialism in the continent? That is the question on the lips of most keen watchers of progress in Africa since the continent got partitioned by thirteen (13) European countries and the United States of America, USA during the Berlin,…
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Niger’s military rulers reopen airspace after coup
The military junta in Niger has reopened the West African country’s airspace again more than one month after seizing power in a coup.
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Gabon’s new military ruler sworn in as caretaker president
Gabon’s new military ruler, Gen. Brice Nguema, was sworn in as the country’s caretaker president on Monday, five days after seizing power in a coup in the Central African country.
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Gabonese Coup: The fault is not in the electorate – By Owei Lakemfa
THE scenario has various strands of familiarity. I mean the military coup of Wednesday, August 30, 2023 that removed Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba. An elected African dictator in a well-fortified Presidential Palace finds his palace has become his prison. It is like the fish realising that the water it is swimming in is boiling.
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Without France there’d be no Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger – Macron
Without France’s military operations in the Sahel “there would probably no longer be a Mali … Burkina Faso, and I’m not sure there would still be Niger”, French President Emmanuel Macron told French publication Le Point. Macron is referring to the former colonial power’s interventions in the mid-2000s, Operations Serval and Barkhane.
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Niger crisis: Tinubu insists military intervention last resort
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday said all diplomatic options would be exhausted with the military junta in Niger Republic before any military intervention. A statement on Thursday in Abuja by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said Tinubu also reiterated the non-acceptance of forceful removal of a democratic government.