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Burkina Faso grounds Nigerian military aircraft, detains military officers on board the plane

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Government of Burkina Faso has confirmed that a Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft carrying 11 military personnel was forced to land on Monday after allegedly entering the country’s airspace without authorisation. Grounding of the aircraft was disclosed by the Agence d’Information du Burkina, the state-run news agency, which published a statement from the Confederation of […]

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In a coup d’etat, military officers take-over power in Gabon

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In a broadcast, some military officers in Gabon announced on Wednesday they had seized power in the African nation, according to a televised address circulating on social media. The announcement came minutes after Gabon’s election body announced incumbent President Ali Bongo Ondimba had won a third term, extending his family’s half-century rule over the oil-rich […]

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