If successful, Wednesday's coup in Gabon would be the eighth in West and Central Africa in three years. The other seven have one thing in common: none have succumbed to international efforts to ...

If the coup attempt in Gabon is successful, it will be the eighth in West and Central Africa since 2020. The last one, in Niger, took place in July.

Five years since the Mali coup of 2020, the key lesson is that the international community must move beyond the view of coups as isolated events.

TOLEDO, Spain, Aug 30 (Reuters) - European Union defence ministers are to discuss the situation in Gabon, foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Wednesday, adding that a coup, if confirmed ...

Guest Column - President Donald Trump is slated to host the heads of state of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and ...

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TOLEDO, Spain, Aug 30 (Reuters) - European Union defence ministers are to discuss the situation in Gabon, foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Wednesday, adding that a coup, if confirmed ...

The meeting follows U.S. aid cuts and the recent dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

And Gabon just happens to be one more case of a country that was making some progress, albeit faulting (ph) progress. But that is now being taken over by the military.

President Donald Trump is hosting West African leaders from Liberia, Senegal, Gabon, Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday at The White House.