Tag: junta
Soldiers announce dismissal of junta leader
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – A group of soldiers announced on Burkina Faso national television on Friday the dismissal of junta leader Paul-Henri Damiba, who has been in power since a January…
West African heads of state decide on ‘progressive sanctions’ against the junta in Guinea
The leaders of West African states meeting in an extraordinary summit on Thursday evening September 22 in New York have decided to take “progressive penalties” against the military junta in…
In Burkina Faso, the arrest of a civil society figure raises fears of a hardening of the junta
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“A junta in the service of obscurantism”: at the UN, Mali violently attacks France
Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga, acting Prime Minister of Mali, violently attacked the French government on Saturday at the UN podium, which he described as a “junta”, as well as several African…
Guinea: freezing of assets among West African sanctions against the junta
The leaders of West African states have decided to impose a financial asset freeze and a travel ban on members of the ruling junta in Guinea in the face of…
ECOWAS takes “progressive sanctions” against the junta
The President of Guinea-Bissau and ECOWAS, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, at the United Nations General Assembly, in New York, September 22, 2022. JULIA NIKHINSON / AP The leaders of West African…
Burma: Junta leader to visit Russia next week
Burma’s junta leader will travel to Russia next week for economic talks, state media in the Southeast Asian country said on Saturday. Min Aung Hlaing will attend the Eastern Economic…
The junta in Mali “navigates on sight, from failure to failure”, according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna
The ruling junta in Mali “navigates on sight, from failure to failure”launched Friday, September 2, the head of French diplomacy Catherine Colonna, a few weeks after the military withdrawal of…
Guinea: a former minister imprisoned under the junta dies in detention
A former minister imprisoned under the junta in power in Guinea for a year died on Saturday after his health deteriorated in prison, his brother said overnight. Lounceny Camara, 62,…
In Guinea, clashes after a call to demonstrate against the junta
Clashes in Conakry, July 28, 2022. CELLOU BINANI / AFP Clashes pitted dozens of young Guineans against the security forces on Wednesday August 17 in the suburbs of Conakry, partially…
UN Special Envoy Naypyitaw to meet Myanmar junta leaders
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military toppled an elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi early last year and launched a bloody crackdown on peaceful…
UN Special Envoy Naypyitaw to meet Myanmar junta leaders
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military toppled an elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi early last year and launched a bloody crackdown on peaceful…