by Contributed | Jul 15, 2022 | Blog
By Annalena DÖRNER and Deborah COLE in Berlin A German court on Friday is to hand down its verdict in the bizarre case of a soldier accused of plotting a far-right attack on senior politicians while successfully posing as a Syrian refugee. The long-delayed trial shone...
by Contributed | Jul 5, 2022 | Blog
Sudan’s coup leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said Monday the army would make way for a civilian government, a demand made for months by street protesters and repeatedly called for by the international community. Burhan said the military would no longer participate...
by Contributed | May 18, 2022 | Blog
A colonel, reputed to be close to Mali’s ruling junta, has been arrested following what the authorities describe as an attempted coup, two sources said on Tuesday. The junta announced Monday that it had thwarted a would-be putsch last week that was led by army...
by David Bishop | Jan 18, 2022 | Blog
An honorary guard of Burkina Faso soldiers. Photo by Olympia De Maismont/AFP via Getty Images Daniel Eizenga, Africa Center for Strategic Studies Within a few weeks of the start of a new year and West Africa had its first attempted coup d’état. On January 12 the...
