headlines

Since independence from Portugal in 1974, Guinea-Bissau has faced chronic instability marked by four successful coups, multiple coup attempts and political violence, including the 2009 killing of President Nino Vieira. Recent clashes in 2023 and 2021 highlight ongoing turmoil. Poverty, corruption and pervasive drug trafficking have deepened the crisis, with …

En Guinée-Bissau, le président Embalo a confirmé mercredi avoir été victime d’un coup d’État, alors que des militaires ont annoncé avoir pris le contrôle du pays pour « restaurer de l’ordre ». Un événement qui intervient avant la publication des résultats des élections et comporte de nombreuses zones d’ombres, alerte le spécialiste …

Military officials in Guinea-Bissau said they had seized “total control” of the coup-prone West African nation on Wednesday, arresting the president, closing borders and suspending the electoral process three days after elections. Heavy gunfire erupted near the presidential palace as troops took over the main road leading to the compound.

As Nigeria’s evolving security crisis pivots from ideological terrorism to organised crime, Mark Owen welcomes Dr Douglas Yates, Author, Political Scientist and Professor specialising in Africa at the American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy (AGSIRD) and CY Cergy Paris Université. The new criminal activity threatening the very security of Nigeria and …

Des militaires en Guinée-Bissau ont annoncé mercredi avoir pris le « contrôle total du pays », arrêté le président sortant et suspendu le processus électoral, alors que le pays attendait les résultats de la présidentielle et des législatives. Le président Umaro Sissoco Embalo affirme à France 24 : « j’ai bien été renversé, je …

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo told FRANCE 24 on Wednesday that he was deposed after military officers claimed taking total control of the country, citing the need to clarify the situation before returning to constitutional order. Hours earlier, gunfire rang out near the presidential palace, an AFP journalist said. FRANCE …

The families of Papiri had long called for security forces to protect their children at the school in northern Nigeria where more than 300 pupils were kidnapped by gunmen last week, in one of the country’s worst mass abductions. They say that no one came. For in-depth analysis and a …

En Guinée-Bissau des militaires ont annoncé prendre le « contrôle total du pays », « suspendre le processus électoral » et fermer les frontières. Le pays était dans l’attente des résultats des élections présidentielle et législatives organisées, dimanche. Les explications avec Stéphane Ballong, rédacteur en chef du journal de l’Afrique.

A group of army officials has reportedly ‘taken charge’ in Bissau, with gunshots heard near election commission and all borders closed. Authorities have not given any reason for the events, which come amid a tense electoral period, as FRANCE 24’s Caitlin Kelly reports.

South African police are investigating allegations that Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, daughter of former president Jacob Zuma, helped recruit men to fight for Russian mercenaries in Ukraine. The claims, made by her sister in an affidavit, accuse her and two others of luring 17 South Africans to Russia under false pretences and …