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...