Tag: coups
After military coups: Is France’s influence in Africa declining?
analysis As of: September 11, 2023 7:43 p.m Military coups in Niger and Gabon, in Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea – all ex-French colonies that no longer want to accept…
Gabon and Niger: Why coups are so common in West African countries – Politics
The great figure of light on the African left, Thomas Sankara, was also a putschist. When the young officer and a few companions seized power in Burkina Faso in 1983,…
Coups de gueule, transphobie… Retour sur ses sorties de route
Geneviève de Fontenay est morte à l’âge de 90 ans, a annoncé sa famille ce mercredi. Avec elle disparaissent son charme désuet mais aussi ses innombrables coups de gueule. Car…
“Fort Boyard”, “Les 12 coups de midi”, “Top Chef”… Did you follow the 2021-2022 TV season well?
What a pleasure to tune in in front of the TV, to zap on the different channels (even those that go beyond number 10) and to go from discovery to…
operation against “coups de force” in the Bouches-du-Rhône
Eight people have been indicted in a case of violent appropriation of narcotics outlets in the Bouches-du-Rhône and in the Gard, announced on Tuesday the public prosecutor of Marseille, Dominique…
“Au moment où je donne des coups, j’ai l’intention de la (Maëlys) tuer, oui”
Douzième journée du procès de Nordahl Lelandais : ce qu’il faut retenir de la matinée Pour la deuxième journée consécutive, le profil psychologique de Nordahl Lelandais est au cœur des…
African Union summit: “Five coups – that’s unacceptable”
Status: 07.02.2022 10:38 a.m Some who were there did not come to power themselves through elections. But when it came to the putsch, the African Union summit found surprisingly clear…
Africa’s new putschists – Politics
First Mali, now Burkina Faso – and that wasn’t all of them: there have been more coups in Africa than it has been for a long time. The military rules…