Bamako, Mali - Two Malian soldiers were killed early Sunday in northern Mali in an attack on their post blamed on jihadists, the army announced on socia
In the meantime, the Malian army has claimed responsibility for the death of dozens of jihadists and the destruction of several of their bases since the launch in December of operation Keletigui
The recent spate of coups led by military officials in Africa exposes a number of trends. But these coups and the conditions creating them are not new. In the latest coup d’etat, Burkina Faso’s military last month seized power by arresting the president after demanding greater resources in the fight against Islamist militants. The events in Ouagadougou were the fourth
By Aaron Ross DAKAR (Reuters) - An attempted coup was believed to be underway in Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday. The identity of the assailants and the status of President Umaro Sissoco Embalo were not immediately clear. This would mark the fifth military coup in the past year in West and Central Africa, a region once known as the continent s coup belt . Here is a list of other recent coups. MALI A group of Malian colonels first seized power in August 2020 by ousting President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The coup followed anti-government protests over deteriorating security, contested legislative elections and allegations of corruption. Under pressure from Mali s West African neighbours, the junta agreed to cede power to a civilian-led interim government tasked with overseeing an 18-month transition to democratic elections in February 2022. But the coup leaders quickly clashed with the new interim president, retired colonel Bah Ndaw, and engineered a second coup in May 2021. Colonel Assimi Goita
DAKAR (Reuters) - An attempted coup was believed to be underway in Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday. The identity of the assailants and the status of President Umaro Sissoco Embalo were not immediately clear.