MILITARY COUP

Soldiers in Burkina Faso on Monday announced on state television that they have seized power in the West African country following a mutiny over the civilian president’s failure to contain an Islamist insurgency. A junior officer…

African Union has on Wednesday announced the suspension of Sudan until civilian rule in the country is restored, saying it rejected the military takeover as an “unconstitutional” seizure of power. The continent-wide bloc said it…

Myanmar’s ambassador to the UK has been locked out of its embassy in central London after speaking out against the military coup in the Southeast Asian country. In February 2021, nationwide protests known locally as the Spring Revolution…

The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has denied making any statement which suggests that he was calling for a military coup in the country. Ekweremadu spoke at the weekend in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State,…