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Guinea opposition leader warns of ‘party-state’ after 40 parties dissolved

March 10, 2026 Geraldine Boechat 0

On Sunday, March 8, 2026, Guinea’s main opposition leader, Cellou Dalein Diallo, has accused President Mamadi Doumbouya of attempting to create a “party-state” after the […]

Guinea-Bissau: Prime Minister dismissed eight days after being reappointed

December 21, 2023 Geraldine Boechat 0

Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo on Wednesday December 20 dismissed the Prime Minister he had reappointed eight days ago, following the dissolution of the National […]

Guinea-Bissau: The President accuses the opposition of being behind the “coup attempt”

December 7, 2023 Steven Addamah 0

On Wednesday, December 6, the Bissau-Guinean army displayed an arsenal of automatic rifles, rocket launchers, and ammunition seized during what the authorities claimed was an […]

Attempted coup in Sierra Leone: One of the organizers arrested

December 6, 2023 Geraldine Boechat 0

On Tuesday December 5, the Sierra Leonean Government announced the arrest of one of the main organizers of what it described as an attempted coup […]

Guinea-Bissau: President Embalo dissolves Parliament after a new “attempted coup”

December 5, 2023 Geraldine Boechat 0

President Umaro Sissoco Embalo is back in control of Bissau, three days after clashes that caused panic in the capital on Thursday night, December 1. […]

Sierra Leone attacks were a failed coup attempt according to officials

November 29, 2023 Steven Addamah 0

The Government of Sierra Leone is now speaking of an attempted coup d’Etat following the violence that broke out in Freetown on Sunday November 26. […]

Presidents of Guinea-Bissau and Angola demand release of Nigerien PR

July 28, 2023 Geraldine Boechat 0

The President of Angola, João Lourenço, condemned Thursday July 27 in a statement the coup d’Etat in Niger, which he categorizes as “serious” and “against […]

Gambia: Authorities release details on coup d’Etat

December 30, 2022 Steven Addamah 0

According to Gambian authorities, perpetrators of the attempted coup in the country on December 20 planned to detain senior government officials and use them as […]