LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Multiple gunshots were heard near the presidential palace in Chad’s capital Wednesday evening, residents said, while the African country’s foreign minister said soldiers were defending the president and the situation was under control. The gunshots rang out for several minutes near the presidential compound in N’Djamena, said Zakaria Daoud, a resident who…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The shots heard in the early hours of Tuesday in the centre of Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, were “warning shots” provoked by the presence of an individual within the “security perimeter” of an airbase, a government source told AFP. “These were warning shots after an individual found himself in the security perimeter…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Heavy gunfire has been heard in the capital of Guinea-Bissau near the seat of the government, with President Umaro Sissoco Embalo calling it a “failed attack against democracy” in the West African country. Armed men surrounded the government palace on Tuesday, where President Embalo and Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam were believed…