Tag: Coup
Captain Traore appointed as Burkina Faso President after coup
Captain Ibrahim Traore was on Wednesday appointed as President of Burkina Faso after the West African country's second coup in less than nine months.
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Buhari tasks African leaders on credible elections to avoid coup
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on leaders in West Africa to do all within their powers to ensure that elections are conducted in their...
Burkina Faso’s ex-President sentenced to life imprisonment
A military tribunal on Wednesday ruled that Burkina Faso’s former President Blaise Compaore be sentenced to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1987 murder...
Guinea-Bissau Minister: How coupists attempted to kill President
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guinea-Bissau, Suzi Barbosa, on Sunday gave graphic presentation of the attempt to overthrow the constitutional order in her country.
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Osinbajo: No excuse for change of govt by coup d’etat
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said that the only acceptable way of changing government in West Africa remains election.
Osinbajo stated that no...
Nigeria has passed the stage of military staging coup – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that Nigeria has passed through the state where military stage coup to return to power like some African countries.
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