Jihadism and military takeovers in West Africa: Burkina Faso coup highlights the links
THE West African sub-region at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert has recently attracted significant attention. The main reasons
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West Africa angry with ‘recalcitrant’ coup states
WEST AFRICA’S main political and economic bloc said it would give Mali’s military transitional government 12 to 16 months to
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West African bloc says will not abandon Burkina Faso after coup
A representative of West Africa’s regional bloc said it will keep working with Burkina Faso despite concerns about the military
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Coups, COVID and row over Israel test African leaders at summit
GIULIA PARAVICINI LEADERS gathered at an African Union (AU) summit called for the continent to have a bigger role on
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Burkina Faso army deposes president in West Africa’s latest coup
THIAM NDIAGA BURKINA Faso’s army said it had ousted President Roch Kabore, suspended the constitution, dissolved the government and the
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Ministers, party leaders detained in apparent coup in Sudan
KHALID ABDELAZIZ SOLDIERS arrested most of the members of Sudan’s cabinet and a large number of pro-government party leaders in
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“Disease” of Mali coup needs stamping out, say neighbours
MALI’S West African neighbours believe that sanctions they imposed over a coup there were needed to stamp out the “disease”
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U.N. team meets detained Mali president as coup supporters plan to rally
U.N. human rights officials have met overnight with Mali’s ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and other officials who have been
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Regional leaders’ attempt to reverse Mali coup as junta, opposition close ranks
TIEMOKO DIALLO and DAVID LEWIS WEST African countries will send a delegation to Mali in an effort to reverse a
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Mali president Keita vowed to end coups. Now he’s been toppled too
AARON ROSS A month after becoming president of Mali in 2013, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita declared that the days of mutinous
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