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ECOWAS condemned the attacks, issuing a statement of "zero-tolerance for unconstitutional change of government" on 26 November and calling the incident an attempt to disrupt Sierra Leone's constitutional order. [4] [5] On 28 November, the bloc said it was primed to deploy regional support to "strengthen national security" in the country. [10]
In 2022, Embaló survived a coup attempt against him that left 11 people dead, [2] which prompted him to dissolve the legislature, citing “unresolvable differences” with the body. [3] Since independence from Portugal in 1974 , Guinea-Bissau has had at least 10 attempted coups or coups, and only a single democratically elected president has ...
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 ...
Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro was charged on Tuesday with leading a plot to overthrow the government and undermine the country’s 40-year-old democracy after his 2022 election loss ...
May 6, 2023: Kyrgyz authorities arrested 30 people on charges of plotting a coup against President Sadyr Japarov. [117] July 2024: Kyrgyz intelligence services foiled a planned coup. [118] November 13, 2024: 7 people arrested on charges of organising a coup. [119]
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]
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.
Four people, including a police officer, were killed by Russian attacks in Donetsk, Kherson and Sumy Oblasts. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The United States pledged depleted uranium armor-piercing rounds that can be fired from M1A1 Abrams tanks it was sending to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package valued at $240-$375 million.