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Leaders from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) pose during an extraordinary summit to hear reports from the recent missions to Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea, following military coups in those countries, in Accra, Ghana March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko
Africa

West African leaders set deadlines for 'recalcitrant' coup-hit states

West Africa has been rocked by two coups in Mali, one in Guinea and one in Burkina Faso since August 2020, tarnishing its reputation as a model of democratic progress in Africa

Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn removes his mask before the news conference after the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 17 February 2022. REUTERS/Cindy Liu
South Asia

ASEAN envoy seeking favourable conditions for Myanmar peace process

Economic Community Of West African States flags are pictured during a Nigeria, Benin and Niger foreign ministers meeting on Nigeria's border closure in Abuja, Nigeria 14 November 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo
Africa

West African bloc says will not abandon Burkina Faso after coup

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Africa

Coups and Covid loom large at African Union summit

A pro-democracy protester holds up a Burkina Faso flag at Place de la Nation in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, November 2, 2014. Reuters/Joe Penney
Africa

Burkina junta lifts nationwide curfew in force since coup

A protester waves a flag during what the information ministry calls a military coup in Khartoum, Sudan, October 25, 2021. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig
Africa

West Africa's new wave of coups

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 2, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Africa

Guinea-Bissau president: Failed coup may have been linked to drug trade

Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup, presides at an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. Photo :Reuters
World+Biz

Myanmar activists vow to defy junta with strike on coup anniversary

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. Photo: Reuters
Africa

West African bloc suspends Burkina Faso after military coup

People show their support for the military after they deposed President Kabore outside state Television RTB headquarter in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 24, 2022. Photo :Reuters
Africa

West African leaders to hold summit after latest coups

Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore holds his final campaign rally ahead of the presidential election, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, November 20, 2020. REUTERS
World+Biz

Burkina Faso army deposes president in West Africa's latest coup

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev speaks during a televised address to the nation following the protests triggered by fuel price increase in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan January 7, 2022. Photo :Reuters
World+Biz

President of Kazakhstan says he has weathered attempted coup d'etat

People ride on top of military vehicle as they celebrate reaching the presidential palace protesting against military rule following last month's coup in Khartoum, Sudan December 19, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Africa

Hundreds of thousands march to Sudan presidential palace in protest against coup