A Coup Averted After President Jacob Zuma Resignation – Report
South Africa reportedly avoided a coup by the skin of its teeth in February 2018, after President Jacob Zuma was forced to step down. According to City Press newspaper, highly placed sources within the ANC urged then-deputy Ramaphosa, who was at the time the president of the ruling African National Congress, to resolve the stand-off […]
Inside America’s Damning Verdict On Murtala Muhammed, Obasanjo After 1975 Coup
For nearly half a century after his stint as Nigeria’s military leader, Murtala Muhammed remained widely regarded as a dogged corruption fighter who took fearless steps against official graft. As head of state, the army general dismissed more than 10, 000 public officials, charged many to court for malpractices, and moved against fraudulent firms. Mr. […]
Video Exposes Police During Burundi Protests
Human Rights Watch today released a short video on police abuses during demonstrations that began on April 26, 2015, in the Burundian capital, Bujumbura. Burundian police have used excessive force against people protesting President Pierre Nkurunziza’s election bid for a third term. Police have shot at crowds indiscriminately and severely beaten demonstrators and detainees. Dozens […]
Pro-government “Militia” Youth Linked to Burundi Violence
African Union leaders meeting in Johannesburg on Sunday are expected to discuss the months of seething popular unrest in Burundi. One UN official has warned the violence was being stoked by pro-government youth militia. Hopes that fresh elections would lift Burundi out of violence and constitutional crisis, which has engulfed the country since late April, […]
Burundi Postpones Parliamentary Elections
After over a month of unrest, officials have announced that Burundi’s parliamentary polls will be postponed. The country was plunged into violence after president Nkurunziza’s decision to seek a third presidential term. Burundi’s electoral body announced Wednesday it will delay scheduled local and parliamentary elections after more than a month of sometimes violent protests against […]
Burundi elections: EU withdraws poll observers
The European Union has suspended its election monitoring mission in Burundi where President Pierre Nkurunziza is seeking a third term next month. The decision was taken because of restrictions on the media, excessive force against demonstrators and a climate of intimidation, it said. It comes as the Catholic Church said it would no longer help […]
Police Kill One During Anti-Nkurunziza Protest
A demonstrator has been shot dead and two others wounded when police opened fire on a group of around a hundred protesters in southern Burundi, a local official and witness said. Monday’s violence in Muyange in Bururi province, around 60km southeast of the capital, is one of the first confirmed reports of civil unrest erupting […]
Burundi seeks a new politics – Nkurunziza third term unconstitutional
“There are politics and politics, different kinds of politics.” So goes the chorus to one of the Burundian protesters’ favourite songs. They say it was invented on the first day of demonstrations against President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term in office, and quickly spread to various parts of the capital. “There is a […]
Has the Failed Coup Strengthened President Nkurunziza?
INTERVIEW By Asumpta Lattus In Burundi legislative elections due on June 26 have been postponed by 10 days. This follows an unsuccessful bid to overthrow President Pierre Nkurunziza who is seeking a third term in office. Street protests are continuing in Burundi as opponents of President Pierre Nkurunziza, who survived a coup attempt last week, […]
Burundi Nkurunziza sacks ministers after failed coup
Burundi’s president has sacked three cabinet ministers, as protests resumed after last week’s failed coup. The president’s spokesman denied that the dismissal of the defence, external relations and trade ministers was linked to the coup attempt. Soldiers fired in the air to disperse protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza running for a third term in elections […]
