Fiji’s former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama and ex-police commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho appeared in the Suva Magistrates Court on February 20, charged with inciting mutiny. The two men were arrested ...

Donald Trump is hardly the first US president to look south and conquer. Over the last century, no fewer than a dozen of Trump’s predecessors embraced the belief that democracy and profit in Latin ...

An AI-generated fake video circulated on #Facebook, falsely claiming a coup d’état in #France. Alerted by a concerned African counterpart, Emmanuel #Macron criticised Facebook after the platform ...

Since its creation in 1947, Pakistan has rarely escaped the grip of its powerful army. Even when not ruling outright, generals have wielded authority from the shadows, making and breaking governments, ...

Soldiers attacked the residence of the Beninese president early Sunday morning. Patrice Talon is safe, according to those close to him, and the army is regaining control of the situation. Cotonou woke ...

COTONOU, Benin — A coup that was announced in Benin on Sunday has been "foiled," the interior minister said in a video on Facebook. "In the early morning of Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, a small group of ...

Guinea-Bissau Wednesday woke to yet another dramatic chapter in its long, turbulent political history. Soldiers were on the streets, gunfire was heard around the presidential palace, borders closed ...

The opposition has accused the president of putting a general in charge of the government so that he could stay in power and lead by proxy. By Saikou Jammeh and Ruth Maclean Reporting from Dakar, ...

The military announced on Wednesday it had taken over the West African nation. Later, the opposition leader accused the incumbent president of staging the coup d’état to try to retain power. By Ruth ...

Are Donald Trump and his associates planning a coup if they lose control of Congress following a possible Democratic victory in the 2026 elections? And, if not in ’26, what about 2030 election? In ...

Carnegie Mellon University provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. I lead a research team that compiles the Colpus Dataset of coup types and characteristics and have written on the ...

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