The African has experienced seven coups since August 2020, before the one underway on Wednesday in Gabon. Are we still counting?
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ASHENEWS reports that the Center for Peace Studies of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to lift all sanctions imposed on Niger Republic.
ASHENEWS reports that General Brice Nguema, who was earlier on Wednesday, reportedly names as chosen to head the military junta in the Central African Republic of Gabon, has said that he was not yet appointed as the head of the Gabonese government.
ASHENEWS reports that President Bola Tinubu has expressed concern about the Wednesday coup in the West Coast of Central African Republic of Gabon.
ASHENEWS reports that Nigeria’s former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has given reasons why there could be more coups in French-speaking West and Central African countries in the near future.
The commander of the Republican Guard, and leader of the Wednesday morning coup in the Central African Gabon, General Brice Clothaire Oligui Nguema, has been linked with embezzlement and drug dealings.
When the Bretton Woods institutions were created as part of a post-World War Il global order, not more than four African states were fully independent.
About half of 32 military coups between 1989 and 2017 resulted in a return to civilian rule, but only if military leaders felt that they were unlikely to suffer detrimental effects from surrendering power to nonmilitary leaders.
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The Gabonese army officers (Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions), on Wednesday morning, took over power from President Ali Bongo.