Madagascar coup Stories
The appointment followed consultations with the National Assembly and complied with constitutional provisions.
Colonel Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in after the military took power in the island nation this week following youth-led protests
With 97 per cent of ballots counted, Paz had won 54.5 per cent of the vote in Sunday’s run-off race, well ahead of right-wing former interim President...
Madagascar's suspension by the African Union has reignited debate over the bloc's power to prevent military takeovers. Experts question whether its to...
Randrianirina, who is set to be sworn in as transitional president tomorrow, has pledged to hold elections within two years and to implement instituti...
As Africa faces democratic setbacks and Western aid dries up, some argue the West's influence was never as strong as assumed. Is it time to rethink wh...
Parashina, who is based in Abuja, Nigeria, serves concurrently as Kenya's top diplomat to Benin, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, a...
More than 6.7 million citizens were eligible to vote on the draft constitution, which seeks to lengthen presidential terms from five to seven years, r...
The Washington-brokered peace agreement signed with Rwanda in late June is in its implementation phase and the Qatar-mediated talks resumed on August...
Maiga was initially detained a week ago, days after Malian authorities rounded up dozens of suspects in connection with an alleged military coup.
Mali's military junta arrested two generals and a French national and accused them of attempting to destabilize the transitional government.
General Abass Dembele, a former Mopti region governor and respected army figure, was reportedly arrested without explanation early Sunday at his resid...
The Ministry of Interior will handle future elections in the country that has been under the leadership of Captain Ibrahim Traoré since September 2022...
The Central African Republic has not held local elections since 1988, with all local administrators appointed by the central government in the decades...
Coup governments across Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have shifted away from western alliances and towards Russia, deepening military and economic ties...
Food aid, once a lifeline for many, is now hard to come by. The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has warned that funding cuts, largely driven b...
The move followed a renewed plea by Darfur regional governor Minni Arko Minawi, who earlier criticised Chad's ban and urged President Mahamat Idriss D...
65 per cent of all the attacks, explosions, and violence against civilians recorded between 2000 and 2024 were located within one kilometre of a road.
The motion sponsored by Kiamaiko Member of County Assembly, Joseph Ndung’u, seeks to have the road renamed ‘Leonard Mambo Mbotela Road’ as a permanent...
African Union officials called last month for the release of Bongo's wife, Sylvia Bongo, 62, and son Noureddin, 33, who were taken into custody shortl...
The current political landscape in Mali, and in neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger where conditions are similar, is an invitation to reconsider local...
Under a constitution approved last November, Nguema's election win gives him a seven-year term, renewable once.
Following the August 30, 2023 coup, the PSC, during its 1172nd session, suspended Gabon from all AU activities until constitutional order is restored.
Joseph Szlavik-Soto, a lobbyist working for Kinshasa, said the Congolese had also agreed to pay for the damage caused by protesters who attacked the U...
Camara, who seized power in a 2008 coup, was, on July 31, 2024, sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the massacre of at least 157 people du...
Niger's military ruler Abdourahamane Tchiani, who seized power in 2023, is now Niger's president. The country's return to democratic norms looks furth...
A dispute over when Embalo's presidential term should end has heightened tensions that risk unrest in a nation with a history of military coups.
Niger, which began oil production in 2011 with a modest output of 20,000 barrels per day, views this pipeline as a significant economic asset.
Three countries in the insurgency-torn central Sahel region have set up their own alliance.
The military rulers, who seized power in successive coups in 2020 and 2021, had promised to hold elections in February but have postponed the vote ind...
