The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) hospital ship Auspicious Ark arrived in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, on 3 October on a seven-day friendly visit,…
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Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Guinea and Gabon have all suffered regime change in the last five years, led by men in military uniform. Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau…
An Interpol-led operation targeting illegal mining in Burkina Faso, the Gambia, Guinea and Senegal has led to the arrest of 200 people and seized chemicals, explosives,…
In the last few years, there has been a spate of military coups in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Sudan and Guinea. Military rule, long dormant in…
OTT Technologies has received another order for Puma M36 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) from Guinea, which will use them with the United Nations mission in Mali.…
Since August 2020, five coups have occurred in three West African countries – Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea. The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau have weathered attempted overthrows.…
Indonesian Transport Minister Budi Karya Sumadi and his Guinean counterpart Felix Lamah in January signed a Letter of Intent (LoI), the first step in the two…
West Africa has seen coups and military takeovers in three countries in 2022. Like those of the past, they came with promises of a quick return…
Piracy appears to be on the decline with reported incidents in the Gulf of Guinea – long accepted as the world’s piracy hotspot – substantially down…
Within the past 18 months, Africa has experienced six coups, with the most recent in Burkina Faso on 24 January, rekindling the debate regarding the resurgence…
The problem isn’t the system of government but poor leadership that opens the door to despots and coup plotters. Do recent coups in Chad, Mali, Guinea…
Guinea junta leader Mamadi Doumbouya was inaugurated as interim president on Friday to oversee what regional powers hope will be a short transition to constitutional rule…
Guinea’s junta said on Monday its members are barred from standing in the next national or local elections, and that it will agree on the length…
The transition process should focus on building strong, accountable institutions rather than just a government of national unity. On 5 September, Guineans woke up to the…
Guinea’s military junta said on Friday it would not bow to pressure from regional leaders to allow President Alpha Conde, whom it detained during a coup…
