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Coup announcement Gabones soldiers in the wee hours of Wednesday, August 30, 2023; announced that they have seized power in the Central African country. The announcement was made via national television. According to the soldiers, they were setting aside results of August 26 presidential election. Incumbent Ali Bongo, now ousted, …

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 …

Aisha Sulaiman was running a countdown to September when she will write her final examination at the Maryam Abacha University in Maradi, Niger Republic. Then, the country’s democratically elected government was toppled by troops from the country’s Presidential Guard. She no longer looks forward to that examination. “With the closure …

The Coalition of Muslim Organisations, Ghana (COMOG) has reacted to the Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) follow-up reaction to the coup in Niger. A statement issued by COMOG, today, Friday, 18 August 2023, said the mode of intervention chosen by ECOWAS is a “misplaced option, as it would …

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu, has claimed that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is facing a logistical nightmare with its plans to deploy soldiers to Niger to reverse the July 26 coup. According to him, reliable sources had said the bloc requires about …

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 …

Former Minority Chief Whip in Parliament and Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawase Constituency, Hon Muntaka Mubarak Mohammed has described the change in the Minority Leadership in Parliament in which he was affected as a coup d’etat”. Muntaka thinks the manner and procedure in which the party leadership carried out …

A British Airways (BA) flight was forced to return to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi on Monday after being in the skies for two hours following the closure of Niger’s airspace by the junta on Sunday. The airline confirmed the incident saying that flight BA64, which left …

Niger’s military government has rejected the latest diplomatic mission from African countries aimed at restoring constitutional order after a July 26 coup, resisting pressure from the United States and United Nations to come to the negotiating table. The African Union (AU) planned to send a joint mission with representatives of …

European carriers have reported disruptions and suspended flights across the African continent on Monday after Niger’s military government closed its airspace on Sunday. The military government is bracing for a response from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) after ignoring its deadline to reinstate the country’s ousted President …