Benin military coup on Television reason: What is going on in African nation? Has government really been toppled? Who are responsible?Benin military coup: On television, eight soldiers with assault rifles, wearing berets of various colours and calling themselves the "Milit...
Leader of Madagascar's military coup says he is 'taking the position of president'Colonel Michael Randrianirina has stepped into the spotlight as Madagascar's new president, asserting a military rule that will last up to ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin promises Africa 'total support' in anti-West pitch to continentAt a summit in Sochi, Russia pledged its full support to African nations, aiming to strengthen ties and counter Western influence. Russia h...
Year Ender 2023: Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Palestine- Global conflicts that marked a year of turmoilThe specter of war extends beyond the Israel-Palestine and Russia-Ukraine conflicts. From Afghanistan to Yemen, Africa to Southeast Asia, n...
Coup Contagion in Africa, after Niger now Gabon falls to mutinous soldiers; President Ali Bongo detainedPolitical Turmoil in Gabon: Military seizes power amid election controversy.
Gabon army officers announce coup, put president under house arrestMilitary officers in Gabon have seized power and placed President Ali Bongo under house arrest after the announcement that he had won a thi...
Niger general who led coup asks for support from the people and international partnersVarious factions of Niger's military have reportedly wrangled for control since members of the presidential guard detained President Mohame...
Coup in Niger, military officers oust Presiden Mohamed Bazoum; curfew imposed, land & air border closedMohamed Bazoum, Niger's pro-Western and democratically elected leader, rose to power in 2021, but now faces a coup attempt by the President...
James Heappey announces UK would withdraw troops from Mali peacekeeping missionMinister of State for the Armed Forces James Stephen Heappey announced that the UK would withdraw the troops from Mali as a part of the pea...
Another coup in Burkina Faso: New leader Captain Ibrahim Traore topples President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba's military regimeA military group led by Captain Ibrahim Traore entered Ouagadougou on Friday morning and overthrew the military regime that took control in...
France threatens to pull troops out of MaliFrance has around 5,100 troops in the region under its so-called Barkhane operation which spans five countries in the Sahel -- Burkina Faso...
ISIS executes 13 top commanders after failed coup plot: ReportThirteen top ISIS leaders, including five high-ranking military commanders, have been executed on the orders of the group's chief Abu Bakr ...
US may have helped foil a coup against Gambia's dictator Yahya JammehThe plot against president Yahya Jammeh was hatched on US soil, by American- Gambian dual citizens, including 3 US military veterans.
- Australia, India to co-lead observers team to monitor Fiji polls
Four A-P nations, including India and Australia, will co-lead a monitoring group that will oversee Fiji's first general election since 2006.
Want a car worth $1 million? Mercedes to unveil world's most expensive sedanThe four rear seats will face each other and be separated from a front chauffeur compartment by a partition window to guarantee discretion.
- Mali coup dashes Indian business man Sandeep Garg's mining hopes
A coup in distant Mali has Sandeep Garg, 44, a Gurgaon resident, fretting.As the mine owner of 1 BT-plus of iron ore in that country, he ha...
- Joint mission to assess post-coup situation in Niger: UN
A joint mission from the United Nations, African Union and Economic Community of West African States will visit Niger on Sunday to assess t...