Tag Archives: ARMY

Coup underway in Gabon as army announce end to Bongo’s family 53-year hold to power

Members of the Gabon Armed forces have announced that they have taken over power in the country in a broadcast via national television. According to the military, they were setting aside results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner. Gabon’s Electoral Commission declared that Mr …

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Thousands volunteer to join Niger army as ECOWAS military intervention looms

Thousands of people lined up outside the main stadium in Niamey on Saturday (Aug. 19) responding to the call for civilian auxiliaries in support of the armed forces. The event organiser said the junta was not involved in this initiative, although it was aware of it. Regional countries have threatened …

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Niger coup: Watch arrival of ECOWAS army chiefs in Accra for emergency meeting

West African army chiefs gathered in Accra on August 17, 2023, to deliberate on a potential deployment of an armed intervention aimed at restoring constitutional order in the Republic of Niger after a military junta failed to reinstate Mohamed Bazoum as president. The meeting, which spans a two-day period from …

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Game of Thrones soundtrack for visiting ECOWAS army chiefs triggers Twitter chatter

Army chiefs from across the West African subregion gathered in Accra starting August 17, 2023, to deliberate on a potential military deployment to Niger as part of ECOWAS’ resolve to undo the coup that removed Mohamed Bazoum as president last month. The meeting, which ends today (August 18, 2023) got …

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ECOWAS army chiefs to meet in Ghana amid Niger intervention plans

Army chiefs from across the West African economic and political bloc, ECOWAS, are scheduled to meet in Accra later this week. According to a BBC report, the meeting is reportedly to discuss a possible intervention in Niger, where a junta held a coup last month. Their last meeting was in …

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Ghana Army receives mortal remains of soldier who died in India

The Ghana Armed Forces, on Tuesday, July 20, 2023, received the mortal remains of one of its officers who died in India. According to the army, the deceased soldier, Late Warrant Officer Class One (WOI) Sani Victor Kwaku, died in the Asian country after a short illness. In a Facebook …

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If people like these are in the army, they’d be materials for coup – Kwesi Pratt on COP in leaked audio

The Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has lambasted the alleged police commissioner featured in a leaked tape in which plans are being hatched to allegedly oust Inspector-General of Police George Akuffo Dampare ahead of the 2024 polls. Speaking on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana programme on July 12, 2023, …

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Tanzania’s new presidential complex built by army is 200 times larger

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has inaugurated the new State House in Chamwino Dodoma on Saturday, May 20, after 30 months of its construction. The construction of the building started in 2020, when late President John Magufuli laid the foundation stone for the commencement of the project. The land where new …

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Ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir held at army hospital

Deposed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is being held at a military hospital in Khartoum after fighting between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) broke out and engulfed the prison where he was being held. Al-Bashir and about 30 other prisoners were moved to Aliyaa Hospital on the recommendation …

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Nigeria’s army kills 35 Boko Haram insurgents in northeast Borno

The war against insurgents has continued to gather momentum since 2009 with the latest attacks leading to the death of 35 fighters of Boko Haram in Nigeria’s Northeast Borno State. At least 65,000 people have died in the war against terrorists with more than 2.1 million displaced and critical infrastructure …

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