BENIN – An attempted coup in Benin on Sunday was thwarted after a small group of soldiers claimed to have ousted the government on national television. The Beninese Interior Minister Alassane Seidou said that the Armed Forces and their leadership, “faithful to their oath,” remained loyal. “Their response made it possible to keep control of […]
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ECOWAS Suspends Guinea-Bissau Following Military Coup
GUINEA-BISSAU – On Thursday Nov. 27, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) suspended Guinea-Bissau from the bloc, after a military coup ousted President Umaro Sissoco Embalo. The decision of the bloc’s Mediation and Security Council (MSC) came after an Extraordinary Virtual Summit of Heads of State and Government held to discuss the current […]