Tag Archives: Coup Attempt

The Democratic Republic of Congo army says it has quashed an attempted coup against President Felix Tshisekedi in the capital Kinshasa involving Congolese and foreign fighters. DR Congo army spokesperson Brig Gen Sylavin Ekenge said on the state-run broadcaster RTNC TV that several suspects have been detained and the “situation …

Heavy gunfire was heard in the capital of Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday, 1st February 2022 near a compound where President Umaro Sissoco Embalo was presiding over a cabinet meeting, with early reports indicating possible casualties, a Reuters witness and sources said. It was not immediately clear who was firing the gunshots. …

Sudan’s interim prime minister Abdalla Hamdok is under house arrest and is being forced to issue a message in support of a military coup, the country’s information ministry said. Sudan’s information ministry said a number of senior government figures had been detained, with the internet cut off and bridges closed …