Captain Moussa Dabis Camara has Proclaimed Himself Guinea’s New President

Captain Moussa Dabis Camara, leader of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD), was inaugurated president of the Republic of Guinea on Wednesday afternoon, a statement read on national radio revealed.

Military in Guinea Seizes Power And Suspends State Institutions

Senior Guinean officers, calling themselves the National Committee for Democracy and Development (CNDD), have announced on the national radio of Guinea (RTG) in Conakry the dissolution of the government and all republican institutions, barely 24 hours...

Former Vice President of Venezuela Gives Evidence About Recent Coup Plot

In a presentation to the Venezuelan National Assembly (AN) on Wednesday, former Vice-President José Vicente Rangel detailed the results of his ongoing investigations into plots to assassinate President Hugo Chávez and overthrow the government. The...

Venezuelan Government Investigating Alleged Coup Plot

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez confirmed that several people have been detained for suspected involvement in a recently foiled plot to assassinate him and to take over federal government buildings.   

Coup Plot Against President Hugo Chavez Disclosed on Venezuelan TV

On Wednesday night Mario Silva, on the program “La Hojilla” (The Razorblade) showed a recording from an unidentified source in which various military personnel, some retired and some active, were planning a coup against Venezuelan president...

Former Mauritanian Premier Under House Arrest in His Native Village

Former Mauritanian Premier Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghev is under house arrest in Achram, in the center of the country, 450km south-east of the capital, Nouakchott, APA has learned. Waghev “was transferred to the town of Moudjeria in the wee hours...

Former Mauritanian President, Co-detainees Transferred to Convention Center

The former Mauritanian president Sidi Mohamed Ould Sheikh Abdallahi, overthrown on Wednesday, was transferred late Thursday afternoon from the battalion of the presidential guard headquarters to the Convention Centre in the northern suburbs of Nouakchott,...

Despite Coup Mauritanian Parliament to Continue Performing Its Duties

“Parliament and all the constitutional and administrative institutions will continue to perform their duties in accordance with the country’s Constitution, laws and regulations,” the self-proclaimed High Council of State announced Thursday...

Possible Coup Attempt in Mauritania, President, Prime Minister Detained

The Mauritanian head of state Sidi Mohamed Ould Sheik Abdallahi and his Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed Waghf have been arrested on Wednesday and detained at the base of the presidential guard while civil servants and other members of the society have...