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Niger. The 2021 Nigerien coup attempt occurred on 31 March 2021 at around 3:00 am WAT (2:00 am UTC) after gunfire erupted in the streets of Niamey, the capital of Niger, two days before the inauguration of president -elect Mohamed Bazoum. The coup attempt was staged by elements within the military, and was attributed to an Air Force unit based ...
e. Jacob Zuma, the former president of South Africa, is currently facing criminal charges relating to alleged corruption in the 1999 Arms Deal. He was first indicted on the charges in June 2005, but attempts to prosecute him have been beset by legal challenges and political controversy.
1 April 2010. Attempt. Guinea-Bissau. Admiral Bubo Na Tchuto. Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army Antonio Ndjai. Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior. The head of the army was captured and the Prime Minister was briefly arrested by military officers. [2] 2010 Madagascar coup attempt.
Here are some facts about South Africa's racial divide. UNEMPLOYMENT. South Africa has struggled for years with low economic growth and high unemployment. The official unemployment rate was 33.5% ...
Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a controversial South African politician and traditional minister of the Zulu nation, was laid to rest Saturday after dying at the age of 95 this week. President Cyril ...
uMkhonto weSizwe (Zulu for 'Spear of the Nation'), abbreviated as MK, and often referred to as the MK Party, is a left-wing populist [4][7] South African political party, founded in December 2023. The party is named after uMkhonto weSizwe (also shortened to MK), the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress (ANC) which was active ...
The political damage [of events of recent months] is incalculable, with the ruling African National Congress now an openly divided and faltering movement. This has had a domino effect on the South African Communist Party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions, which have floundered and fractured in the face of damaging charges against a ...
Life Esidimeni scandal. Starvation, neglect. Mentally ill patients moved to improper care institutions. The Life Esidimeni tragedy involved the deaths of 144 people [1][2] at psychiatric facilities in the Gauteng province of South Africa from causes including starvation and neglect. The tragedy takes its name from Life Esidimeni, a subsidiary ...