Live Breaking News & Updates on Military Governments

Stay updated with breaking news from Military governments. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Mali political parties request elections after junta shuns transition promise

Political parties in Mali have requested a time frame for presidential elections after the ruling junta failed to organise polls within a promised 24-month transition back to democracy. Mali has been under military rule since August 2020, the first of eight coups in West and Central Africa over four years, including in its neighbours Burkina Faso and Niger. Mali's current junta seized power in a second 2021 coup and later promised to take 24 months from March 2022 to restore civilian rule, with a start date of March 26, 2024 and elections in February. ....

Burkina Faso , Fadima Kontao , Andrew Cawthorne , Economic Community Of West African States , Central Africa , Economic Community , West African States , West Africa , Sofia Christensen , Presidential Elections , Political Parties , Presidential Election , Economic Community Of West African States , Military Governments ,

A newly formed alliance between coup-hit countries in Africa's Sahel is seen as tool for legitimacy

Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso leaders hold talks, pledge security, political collaborations ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) Three West African nations […] The post A newly formed alliance between coup-hit countries in Africa’s Sahel is seen as tool for legitimacy appeared first on TheGrio. ....

Burkina Faso , James Barnett , Assimi Goita , Nate Allen , Aissata Sanogo , Bedr Issa , U Hudson Institute , Alliance Of Sahel States , Africa Center , Sahel States , West Africa , Abdourahmane Tchiani , Burkina Faso , Military Governments , Newly Formed , West African ,

France condemns Gabon coup as another African ally falls

France condemned the toppling of Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba on Wednesday which could represent another setback for Paris in Africa where friendly governments have been falling in an "epidemic" of coups.France "condemns the military coup that is under way in Gabon", government spokesman Olivier Veran told reporters in Paris after military officers announced on television that they had overturned the government. ....

France General , Burkino Faso , Olivier Veran , Brice Oligui Nguema , Mohamed Bazoum , Jean Herve Jezequel , Francois Hollande , International Crisis Group , Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba , West African , French Speaking Africa , Herve Jezequel , Republican Guard , General Brice Oligui Nguema , West Africa , President Emmanuel Macron , President Mohamed Bazoum , Ali Bongo , Emmanuel Macron , Military Governments , West African , French Speaking Africa , Military Support , Olivier Veran , Sahel Region ,