ADF STAFF Since gaining independence in 1974, Guinea-Bissau has experienced at least nine different coup attempts. The most recent plot,…
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ADF STAFF In its latest bid to remain in power, the military junta that took control of Sudan nearly a…
ADF STAFF Restoring security was the main justification used by coup leaders in Burkina Faso and Mali when they seized…
ADF STAFF In the pale light of dawn on July 22, two vehicles rigged with explosives set off on a…
ADF STAFF As the sun set on the final day of Ramadan, a muezzin called faithful Muslims to prayer. They…
ADF STAFF Attacks in West Darfur are awakening fears that the region could return to the violence of its darkest…
ADF STAFF Already caught in the crossfire of multiple violent extremist organizations, civilians in Burkina Faso are saying they need…
ADF STAFF Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba sat silently wearing a red beret and a stern expression in the Ouagadougou…
Affectionately called the “Baba of Africa” or “Africa’s father,” Olusegun Obasanjo has spent time as a military officer, statesman, peacemaker…
ADF STAFF | Photos: AFP/Getty Images Sudan was in a hopeful position after shaking off 30 years of brutal, autocratic…