While elections grabbed headlines in many countries across Africa this year, military interventions and coup attempts were ...

In 2025, constitutional governance across parts of Africa came under renewed strain as military forces intervened in political turmoil from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic, with two coups succeeding ...

Benin's coup leaders appear on state TV on Dec. 7, 2025, to announce the suspension of the country's constitution. Reuters/YouTube In a scene that has become familiar across parts of Africa of late, a ...

LAGOS, Nigeria(AP) — Guinea-Bissau has joined a growing list of African countries where military officers have seized power since 2020. A few hours after gunshots were heard near the presidential ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — It had become a familiar scene in West Africa. A group of soldiers appeared on state television in Benin on Sunday to claim they had seized power. A few hours later, the ...

There are arguments that the normalisation of coups in one country may embolden such in another, creating a cycle of instability that is hard to break without strong democratic safeguards. There are ...

The spate of military coups in Africa is starting to raise concerns about the future of democracy in the region. We spoke to five political analysts in four African countries for insight into the ...

A screen grab shows the Head of the Presidential Military Office of Guinea-Bissau, Denis Incanha (C), announcing with a group of officers that full control of the country had been taken at the General ...