Browsing: Coup De Tat

Niger’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs published an official communiqué on 17 March announcing that Niger is withdrawing from the French-backed international body known as the International…

In this video clip, Burkina Faso’s prime minister, Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo (@gouvernementBF on X), addressed President Ibrahim Traoré on developing a national defence industry to prevent…

Newly declassified documents confirm that the UK had a hand in the 1966 coup against Ghana’s first president, pan-Africanist Kwame Nkrumah. We spoke to investigative journalist…

Gabon’s coup leader, Brice Oligui Nguema, has officially announced his candidacy for the 2025 elections on 12 April. However, unlike recent coups in French-speaking Africa, some…

In 1983, in what was then known as Upper Volta—now Burkina Faso—a revolutionary 33-year-old military captain known as Thomas Sankara (1949-87) rose to power through a…

Many people online have expressed concern for the safety of Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré, whom the government says has been the target of five covert…

Is ‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’État’ the most important documentary of 2024? For Africans who understand the necessity of Pan-African unity, it just might be. Director…

It’s important to distinguish different types of coup. So argues Booker Omole from the Communist-Marxist Party of Kenya. This is him speaking at a recent conference…

The military takeovers in Africa’s Sahel region are not just coups d’état but revolutionary processes that aim to transform the arid area south of the Sahara…