Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau have seized power, marking another military takeover in West Africa. The coup followed a contested presidential election where both President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and his main opponent claimed victory.

Supporters of Bolivia’s president rallied outside his palace on Thursday, giving some political breathing room to the embattled leader as authorities made more arrests in a coup that shook the economically troubled country a day earlier.Bolivia’s ...

The recent coup d’état in Gabon marks the latest casualty of the “coup contagion” spreading across Africa. Given the frenetic pace of the minute-by-minute news cycle of the social media era, it’s easy to lose track of longer-term trends.

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Thailand is, notoriously, the only middle-income or high-middle income country that continues to have regular coups. (Brazil defeated a coup plot in 2022 but has not had successful coups since the ...

Nigeria's first coup d'etat, which occurred on January 15, 1966, marked a significant turning point in the nation's history. The events surrounding this coup were complex, and the actors involved played crucial roles in shaping the political landscape of ...

Nigeria's president says he sent fighter jets, troops to Benin to help quell a coup attempt by mutinous soldiers.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The presidential order to the TCN to cut off electricity to Niger, which reportedly relies on Nigeria for up to 70 percent of its ...

Benin troops led by Pascal Tigri grabbed state TV yelling Talon gone; Alassane Seidou says mutiny dead amid Cotonou bangs, blocks. US Embassy: shelter now, airport tight; ECOWAS troops inbound post-Sahel scare.