Tag: detat
Gabon: a parliamentary re-entry under scrutiny, two months after the coup d’état
In Gabon, two months after the coup d’état of August 30, 2023 against Ali Bongo, parliament returned on October 30. Deputies and senators, all appointed by the president of the…
the opposition denounces an “institutional coup d’état”
Tuesday September 12, 10 of the 13 candidates in the presidential election denounced, in a letter addressed to the Ceni, an “institutional coup d’état”. These candidates accuse the High Constitutional…
Coup d’etat in Gabon: “If we don’t punish harshly, we encourage other putschs”
Who will be next? While military coups seemed to be rarer in recent decades, now these authoritarian power grabs are once again spreading in Central and West Africa. Mali in…
Coup d’etat in Gabon: “Senegal could fall tomorrow, then Côte d’Ivoire…”
Former collaborator of the DGSE, specialist in Africa, former adviser to the Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, and author of spy novels, Vincent Crouzet analyzes the recent putschs in…
Coup d’etat in Gabon: Ali Bongo, “Monsieur fils”, last heir to the dynasty
One more military coup in Africa. This Wednesday, August 30, when Ali Bongo had just been proclaimed winner of the presidential election and re-elected for a third term with 64.27%…
Coup d’etat in Niger: the President of Nigeria plays his credibility
Barely invested at the head of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, elected in February in his country, is playing the survival…
Coup d’état in Niger: “We must obtain the release of my family”, claims the daughter of Mohamed Bazoum
In an open letter, published Tuesday in the French daily, Le Figaro, the daughter of Mohamed Bazoum asks for the “release” of her father. In three days, it will be…
Coup d’état in Niger: ECOWAS convenes a new summit, Mali and Burkina Faso announce a delegation in Niamey
A few hours after the expiry of the ultimatum issued by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to the Nigerien putschists, ECOWAS convened a second summit of heads…
Coup d’etat in Niger, Russia-Africa summit… The discreet return of Evgueni Prigojine
“The purpose of the march was not to allow the destruction of the Wagner group”. It was with these words that Yevgueni Prigojine had justified, on June 26, the mutiny…
Coup d’etat in Niger: France prepares the evacuation of its nationals
The French in Niger were warned this Tuesday, August 1, by a message from the French Embassy in Niamey that an “air evacuation operation is being prepared” and “will take…