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Why West Africa has had so many coups and how to prevent more

West Africa’s latest successful coup, in Burkina Faso on 24 January 2022, has renewed unease about coups “returning” and democracies “dying” in Africa. The recent attempt in Guinea-Bissau, too, recalled the first decades after independence, when coups were rampant.

The Conversation

Coups are all the rage again in beleaguered Africa

Military coups are back in fashion in Africa. There have been over 200 attempted coups in the continent since 1960, about half of them successful, but in the past two decades they had dropped to only two a year. Last year saw six, however, and there have been two already…

Bangkok Post

As militarisation spreads, ECOWAS faces credibility crisis

There have been four coups across West Africa in 18 months amid public collapse of trust in state institutions.

Al Jazeera

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Contagious coups: what is fuelling military takeovers across west Africa?

Specific contexts differ, but underlying factors often include jihadist conflict and failures to provide inclusive governance

The Guardian - UK

Guinea transitional assembly holds first post-coup session

West African bloc ECOWAS says Guinea should hold elections by mid-March.

Al Jazeera

Guinea-Bissau government says coup attempt aimed to kill president

The attackers in a failed coup attempt in Guinea-Bissau this week intended to assassinate the president and were part of a well-funded and tightly planned plot, the government has said.

Reuters

Guinea-Bissau’s ‘attempted coup’: What you need to know

Who could be behind an attack in Guinea-Bissau and what are the implications in a region increasingly beset by coups?

Al Jazeera

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Guinea-Bissau president: Failed coup may have been linked to drug trade

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo survived an attempted coup on Tuesday but said many members of the security forces had been killed repelling an attack on democracy that may have been linked to drug trafficking.

Reuters

Guinea-Bissau under control, president says, after feared coup attempt

Heavily armed men and gunfire reported near government offices but statement says attack against democracy failed

The Guardian - UK

Guinea Bissau president survives W. Africa's latest coup attempt

Cheering crowds welcomed Guinea Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo's election victory in 2020, but his opponents alleged fraud. When he was sworn in before the Supreme Court had ratified the vote, critics called it a coup.

Reuters

Heavy gunfire heard near Guinea-Bissau's Government Palace

Witnesses say they fear another coup attempt is underway in the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau

The Independent UK

Guinea-Bissau coup: President Umaro says deadly attempt thwarted

President says five hour attack on the government palace was a ‘failed attack against democracy’.

Al Jazeera

Guinea-Bissau president says many dead after 'failed attack against democracy'

President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday said he survived heavy fire for five hours during an attempted coup which he claimed killed or injured many people in the unstable West African country.

France 24

Gambia and Equatorial Guinea add freshness to Afcon last eight line-up

It’s quite rare for one of the central tenets of Christian evangelism to entwine with the Africa Cup of Nations. But at the end of nearly three hours of toil, sweat and matyrdom, they fuse: Jesus saves.

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Al Jazeera

Interview: Guinean PM defends record following military coup

Interim PM Mohamed Beavogui tells Al Jazeera that the democratic world has misunderstood the situation in Guinea.

Reuters

Analysis-W. Africa coups show limits of diplomacy, opening door to new players

Earlier this month, West African countries slapped tough economic sanctions on Mali to punish coup leaders seeking to extend their hold on power, and to halt a run of military takeovers that have beset the region since 2020.

Radio France Internationale

Dream On: Gambia's Scorpions bask in glory of reaching Cup of Nations last eight

New boys Gambia eliminated Guinea in the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 to book a place in the quarter-finals, becoming the second debuting team, after Madagascar, to reach this stage of the competition.

Al Jazeera

Hosts Cameroon, debutants The Gambia through to AFCON quarters

Indomitable Lions move to the last-eight after beating Comoros 2-1, the death toll from a stampede at the game climbs.

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US trade pact suspensions: what it means for Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea

Three African countries’ manufacturers have lost their tariff-free access to the US market this year. This follows the US decision in November last year to suspend Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from the African Growth and Opportunity Act. The reason given for the decision was that it was in response to…

The Independent UK

Cameroon edge past 10-man Comoros, who had left-back in goal

Comoros had to play without a recognised goalkeeper in their Africa Cup of Nations round-of-16 clash due to injury and coronavirus

Daily Mirror

Liverpool receive AFCON boost as Gambia make history with Guinea win

Jurgen Klopp's midfield has benefitted from Guinea's downfall as Naby Keita's national side were dumped out of the Africa Cup of Nations by minnows Gambia at the last-16 stage

Evening Standard

Guinea 0-1 Gambia: Musa Barrow sends AFCON debutants into quarter-finals with shock win

Musa Barrow was the hero as Gambia stunned Guinea with a 1-0 win that sent them through to the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.

Liverpool Echo

Naby Keita Liverpool return clear after AFCON defeat for Guinea

Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita could only watch on as Guinea were knocked out of the Africa Cup of Nations by Gambia

The Guardian - UK

Guinea 0- 1 Gambia: Africa Cup of Nations last 16 – as it happened

Musa Barrow scored a second-half winner as the first-time finalists reached the last eight after a game that featured two late red cards

France 24

‘Like Formula 1’: A look inside the Guinea team’s fitness regime

The Africa Cup of Nations football tournament exerts a lot of physical stress on the players – making the work of teams’ physios essential. That of Guinea opened its doors to FRANCE 24 a few hours before one of their matches to shine a light on this little-noted but pivotal…

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