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On the morning of 30 November 2023, Finance Minister Souleiman Seidi and Treasury Secretary António Monteiro were subjected to questioning by an anti-corruption inquiry amid investigations into the alleged irregular withdrawal of $10 million in state funds that were found to have been paid to 11 companies. Following the questioning, they were ...
On 28 November, Information Minister Chernor Bah called the incident "a failed attempted coup" which was intended "to illegally subvert and overthrow a democratically elected government.” [23] Police later released photographs of 32 men and two women it said were being sought in connection with the attacks, including include active and ...
2023 Burkina Faso coup d’état attempt: 26 September 2023 Attempt Burkina Faso: Dissidents of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces: President Ibrahim Traoré: Burkina Faso’s junta announced on 27 September that a coup d’état attempt was foiled the previous day. Four of the six plotters of the coup were arrested. [80] 2023 Sierra Leone coup ...
November 15, 1904: Attempted military coup during the Vaccine Revolt. December 1915 : a coup plot against Venceslau Brás. July 5, 1922: a failed military coup to prevent the inauguration of Artur Bernardes. [38] November 3, 1930: Getúlio Vargas overthrew Washington Luís and prevented the inauguration of Júlio Prestes. [39]
BRASILIA (Reuters) -An investigation by Brazil's federal police will conclude that former president Jair Bolsonaro conspired to engineer an attempted coup d'etat after he lost the 2022 election, a ...
1959 Sudanese coup attempt: was on 9 November 1959 where a group of military officers attempted a coup to overthrow Lieutenant General Ibrahim Abboud. The coup attempt failed and conspirators were court martialled and the leaders were hanged. [53] [54] Bangkok Plot: an attempt to overthrow Norodom Sihanouk.
The CIA now officially describes the 1953 coup it backed in Iran that overthrew its prime minister and cemented the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as undemocratic. Other American officials ...
On November 26, 2023, unidentified gunmen attacked the central prison in Freetown, along with the presidential palace and an armory. A smaller attack occurred in Murray Town, where the Sierra Leonean navy is located. Julius Maada Bio declared a national curfew, and later thirteen officials were arrested in the attempted coup. [10] [11] [12]