Browsing: African coups

LOMÉ, Togo — Togo has arrested and expelled Burkina Faso’s former president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, sending him back to his home country after authorities in…

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Major-General Horta Inta-a was installed as Guinea-Bissau’s transitional president on Thursday, a day after soldiers executed a swift power grab that toppled…

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — In a rapid turn of events that has plunged Guinea-Bissau into deeper political uncertainty, Army General Horta N’Tam was sworn in as…

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — A group of military officers in Guinea-Bissau announced they have seized control of the West African nation, shortly after reports emerged that…