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UN peacekeeping mission completes Mali withdrawal

from RUDD KONTE in Bamako, Mali Mali Bureau BAMAKO, (CAJ News) - THE United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission has withdrawn from Mali with a reputation as one of the most tragic deployments in the organisation’s history. Some 311 UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) peacekeepers were killed and more than 700 were injured

Recent coups in West and Central Africa

FACTBOX-Recent coups in West and Central Africa

ECOWAS mediation team upholds sanctions on Mali as new leader sworn in

Could West African coup leaders have trained in Botswana?

Last year, a United States publication called The Intercept revealed that two years before that coup, Lieutenant Colonel Zida had attended a

Intrigues as  Africa bows to spectre of coup d'etats

Gabonese Military Coup: What's Happening in Africa?

The military coup in Gabon that has ousted President Ali Bongo from power is the second in a month in Africa. We explain what is happening on this continent.

Explainer: Africa's eight coups in three years

Coups have happened in Francophone countries; latest being in Gabon

Living far side of the gun | The Nation Newspaper

Factbox-Recent coups in West and Central Africa

If successful the coup would represent the eighth since 2020 in West and Central Africa, a region that in the last decade had made strides to shed its reputation as a "coup belt", only for persistent insecurity and corruption to open the door to military leaders. In July 2023, members of Niger's presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum inside his palace and appeared on national television saying they were seizing power to end the "deteriorating security situation and bad governance." Days later the junta declared the head of the presidential guard, Abdourahamane Tiani, the new head of state, raising concerns about the security of a region where Niger has been a key ally of Western powers seeking to contain insurgencies by groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State.