LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-An attack that reportedly killed more than 100 soldiers on an army base in Burkina Faso has snowballed into speculation about unrest in the security forces, in a country where the military has been in power since 2022. The leader of the military junta has since appeared on state TV in an…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso’s military junta said on Wednesday that a coup attempt had been thwarted the previous day by security and intelligence services, without providing specifics on what had happened. In a statement it said officers and others had plotted to destabilise the country with “the dark intention of attacking the institutions of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The military has foiled a coup attempt in Sao Tome and Principe, the prime minister of the island nation off the western coast of Africa said in a video message. Four men, including the former president of the outgoing National Assembly Delfim Neves, tried to attack army headquarters overnight, Prime Minister Patrice…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A spokesperson for the government of Gabon has said the political situation in the country is “under control”, following an attempted military coup. Guy-Bertrand Mapangou told the BBC that four of the rebels had been arrested by the authorities. A fifth is on the run. The junior officers claimed they seized power…
