Coup Leader

Daily life in Yangon, Myanmar

UN expert calls for Myanmar action as death toll tops 2,000

June 23, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Sudan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ibrahim Ahmed Abdelaziz Ghandour talks to the press during a joint news conference with Qatar's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (not pictured) in Khartoum, Sudan March 11, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo

Jailed head of Sudan’s outlawed ex-ruling party to be freed -lawyer

April 7, 2022

New Military Leader Of Burkina Faso, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, delivers a speech in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 27, 2022, in this screengrab taken from video. REUTERS TV via REUTERS

Burkina Faso junta says it will work with regional bloc

February 4, 2022

New Military Leader Of Burkina Faso, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, delivers a speech in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 27, 2022, in this screengrab taken from video. REUTERS TV via REUTERS

ECOWAS suspends Burkina Faso after military coup

January 28, 2022

KHARTOUM, SUDAN - JANUARY 9: People stage a demonstration demanding the restoration of civilian rule in Khartoum, Sudan on January 9, 2022. Security forces responded with tear gas and sound bombs to the protesters who were marching towards the Presidential Palace. ( Mahmoud Hjaj - Anadolu Agency )

Sudan protester shot dead as US envoys visit

January 20, 2022

People march to the presidential palace, protesting against military rule following last month's coup in Khartoum, Sudan December 19, 2021. REUTERS-Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah-File Photo

Sudan coup: Security forces fire tear gas at protesters

January 4, 2022

Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said Monday his government was working toward bringing peace to war-torn Darfur as he met hundreds of victims of the conflict who demanded swift justice.

Sudan premier Abdalla Hamdok resigns after mass protests

January 3, 2022

People hold Sudanese flags during a protest, in Khartoum, Sudan, November 25, 2021. REUTERS-El Tayeb Siddig-File Photo

Sudan’s military cuts internet services ahead of planned protests

December 25, 2021

FILE PHOTO 16DEC96 - Former South Korean presidents Roh Tae-woo (L) and Chun Doo-hwan (R), dressed in prison uniforms, appear at the South Korean High Court December 16, 1996 to hear a reduction in their original sentences for mutiny, treason and bribery. South Korean president Kim Young-sam and president-elect Kim Dae-jung agreed to free tow former heads of state in an effort to unite a nation suffering a severe economic crisis. KOREA PRESIDENTS

Ex-South Korean President Roh Tae-woo dies at 88

October 26, 2021

Guinea junta leader Mamadi Doumbouya sits after he was sworn in as interim president in Conakry, Guinea October 1, 2021.REUTERS-Souleymane Camara

Guinea junta names figures from ousted administration as ministers

October 22, 2021

President Alpha Conde

Defiant junta rejects ECOWAS pressure to let Alpha Conde leave Guinea

September 18, 2021

Coup leader Mamady Doumbouya, a former French Legionnaire, has pledged to install a unified, transitional government but has not said when or how that will happen.

Guinean political prisoners freed, regional bloc to discuss coup

September 8, 2021

Despite immediate condemnation of the putsch in Guinea by UN Secretary-general Antonio Guterres, the coup leader, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya has been speaking about the mission of the junta.

Military coup leaders in Guinea ban ministers from travelling

September 6, 2021

President Alpha Conde

Guinean putschists to form government of national unity, residents celebrate Alpha Conde’s ouster

September 6, 2021

Despite immediate condemnation of the putsch in Guinea by UN Secretary-general Antonio Guterres, the coup leader, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya has been speaking about the mission of the junta.

Guinean coup leader: Why we struck

September 5, 2021