Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau have seized power, marking another military takeover in West Africa. The coup followed a contested ...

Like its neighbor Mali, Burkina Faso also witnessed two successive coups. In January 2022, Roch Kaboré was ousted by Lt. Col.

Military takeovers are nothing new in Guinea-Bissau. The West African country has experienced at least nine attempted and ...

An army general has been sworn in as Guinea-Bissau's new head of state a day after an apparent coup. Gen Horta N'Tam becomes the transitional president for a period of one year. He took the oath on ...

Guinea-Bissau's military junta has appointed General Horta Inta-A as its leader following a disputed election and coup.

The events in Guinea-Bissau reflect a so-called polycrisis for countries in and around the Sahel belt, sandwiched between North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. This region has, since 2020, become the ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame was recently asked about last week’s coup in Guinea-Bissau, where military officers seized ...

Guinea-Bissau takeover is the latest in the Sahel region, which has quietly become global epicentre of terrorism ...

Soldiers say they stepped in to restore order, but the timing, confusion and President Umaro Sissoco Embaló’s own behaviour ...

Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on Friday said this week's coup in neighbouring Guinea-Bissau was a sham and demanded its disrupted election be allowed to continue, adding to a chorus of ...

General Horta Inta-A appoints new prime minister amid growing condemnation of military coup in West African nation.

The ECOWAS Parliament has created a special closed-door committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the recent ...