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By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D. Retired Captain Budu Koomson’s anxiety over the fact that a remarkable number of Ghanaian citizens have been talking about the imminent possibility of a military putsch, or the overthrow of the Mahama government of the … read more »
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By Awet nay Gdin Iyu Introduction On March 1, 2013, Joel Millman of the Wall Street Journal published a piece entitled “Ruthless Kidnapping Rings Reach From Desert Sands to U.S. Cities.” The article chronicles the touching personal accounts of Eritrean … read more »
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We live in a country that was in the past inundated with many coups. One of these coups propelled our President to write a must read classic book entitled “My First coup d’ etat”. With this precedence, writing on “My … read more »
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SINCE MARCH, no fewer than four crises have shaken the foundations of Mali, West Africa’s landlocked heart. First, a military coup toppled the country’s democratically elected government and ended the exercise of civilian authority. Second, Libyan weapons and resources spilling … read more »
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Six people have been killed in a gunbattle in troubled of Guinea-Bissau in what officials are calling a failed coup attempt. Officials in the West African country say government troops repelled an attack before dawn Sunday on the airforce base … read more »
Mali has announced a new government of national unity, five months after a military coup ousted the country’s elected government. The new government replaces a transitional government created in April that was plagued by infighting. It has 31 posts and … read more »
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Bamako – An army officer and a religious leader have been arrested by armed men in Bamako as part of an investigation into an attempted counter coup, family members said on Saturday. “We have not heard any news. We are … read more »
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Dakar – A Malian journalist missing for two weeks emerged on Friday, telling AFP he had been held by the state security service and freed earlier this week, but stayed silent until now to protect his family. Babi Ahbi, editor … read more »
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Bissau – West Africa’s regional bloc has named a politician in Guinea-Bissau to lead the transitional government after a coup. The group met earlier in the week in the West African nation and named Serifo Nhamadjo to the post for … read more »
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BAMAKO — Two West African envoys quit Mali after failing to reach agreement with coup leaders on naming the head of a transitional government. Ivory Coast envoy Adama Bictogo on Saturday said prior to departure that talks with the ex-junta, … read more »
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Washington – The US State Department on Friday called on the officer who led a military coup in Mali in March to step aside and allow for the full return to civilian rule. The State Department said the coup leaders … read more »
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Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada is deeply concerned by reports of violence in Mali’s capital of Bamako that has claimed several lives and left more persons injured. “We call on all Malians to respect … read more »
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Gunfire erupted Wednesday in Mali’s capital, Bamako, as troops who toppled the country’s president search for those responsible for an attempted counter-coup earlier this week. Junta troops on Wednesday emptied buildings across the city as they looked for fighters loyal … read more »
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A prominent politician in Mali has called on elements of the military to unite and focus on the needs of the country, after rebel troops who toppled Mali’s democratically elected president in March defeated a counter-coup attempt. Niankoro Yeah Samake, … read more »
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Soldiers from Mali’s ruling junta have overrun the main presidential guard barracks in the capital Bamako, which has been the scene of heavy fighting. It has dealt a serious blow to troops loyal to the ousted government, who have been … read more »
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Mali’s military leaders say they are still in control of the capital, Bamako, after an attempted counter-coup by forces loyal to ousted President Amadou Toumani Toure. The secretary to Captain Amadou Sanogo, leader of the March 22 coup, told VOA … read more »
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Lisbon – The prime minister of Cape Verde on Sunday urged the international community to keep up the pressure on the junta in Guinea Bissau to cede power it seized in a 12 April coup. “I think the international community … read more »
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Farim – Guinea-Bissau was due a bumper cashew harvest this year but prices have halved as money dries up after a coup d’état, raising anxiety among those who survive off the country’s main export. While plantation owners are struggling to … read more »
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The United Nations Security Council said on Saturday it may impose sanctions on the leaders of Guinea-Bissau’s military coup, rejecting the junta’s planned two-year transition to democracy. Pressure has been mounting domestically and outside the tiny West African country for … read more »
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Bamako – A Tuareg commander loyal to the Malian government says he’s crossed back into northern Mali from Niger. Colonel El Hadj Ag Gamou said on Saturday that he was awaiting orders from the capital before moving any further after … read more »
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Mali’s former president Amadou Toumani Toure, who has not been seen he was ousted in a military coup, is being sheltered at Senegal’s embassy in Bamako. Senegalese President Macky Sall told reporters while visiting Paris on Wednesday that Mr. Toure … read more »
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Cotonou – Benin, which currently holds the chairmanship of the African Union, on Saturday condemned this week’s military coup in Guinea-Bissau and called for those arrested to be released. “The current chairman of the African Union firmly and without reserve … read more »
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A labour activist turned political grandee, Mali’s Dioncounda Traore will be sworn in as interim president on Thursday with the job of pulling his West African country back from the brink of collapse. As speaker of national parliament, he inherits … read more »
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Malian coup leaders, in apparent recognition of Nigeria as the regional powerhouse, dispatched yesterday envoys to Abuja for talks with the Nigerian government on ways of ending the increasingly perplexing state of affairs in the West African country. The junta’s … read more »
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WASHINGTON — The United States said Tuesday it was imposing a travel ban on leaders of Mali’s coup and their family members as part of international efforts to restore democratic rule in the country. The United States followed similar measures … read more »
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Two significant events happened in Africa last week that should force Nigerians; both the government and the governed to do a health check on the democracy we have in place presently. The military coup in Mali and the defeat of … read more »
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Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has dissolved his entire cabinet two months after securing re-election for a new five-year term, state broadcaster GRTS announced on Thursday. The brief announcement did not say why Jammeh had taken the decision or when the … read more »
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Bissau – Twenty-five renegade soldiers involved in an apparent coup plot in Guinea-Bissau are being detained in the capital and at an air base north of Bissau, an AFP reporter said, after the army uncovered a large cache of weapons. … read more »
Bissau – Guinea Bissau’s army on Thursday uncovered a large cache of weapons at the homes of two soldiers arrested for taking part in an attack on army headquarters which the regime has described as a coup bid. Army chief … read more »
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Banjul – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh said on Monday that neither the upcoming November presidential election nor a military coup, but only God, could unseat him from power. State television GRTS broadcast a speech by the 46-year-old leader to a … read more »
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