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Burkina Faso's junta leader Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba was sworn in as president on Wednesday, less than a month after mutinous soldiers took control of the West African country in a coup. The inauguration ceremony, which is not open to the public, was held at the Constitutional Court. Speaking to the nation on state television after taking the oath, Damiba praised the security forces and the people of the country who he said had been facing threats from extremism for more than six…

West African leaders suspended Mali from the West African Economic Community (ECOWAS) at an extraordinary summit on Sunday and ended up reintroducing sanctions after a second nine-month military coup. The coup had raised deep concerns about stability in the volatile Sahel region and warnings of new economic sanctions. Ten regional heads of state and three foreign ministers attended the summit in the Ghanaian capital Accra, with former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan as mediator in the crisis.…

Mali plunged back into crisis on Monday after the military arrested the country's president, prime minister and defense minister after a government reshuffle earlier in the day, which sparked widespread international condemnation and calls for immediate release. The arrests sparked fears of a second coup as President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane lead a caretaker government that was installed following a coup in August under the threat of regional sanctions. Coup leaders and army officers…

The Mali military arrested the president, prime minister and defense minister of the interim government of the African country on Monday after a change of government, several diplomatic and government sources told Reuters, indicating a coup. President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and Defense Minister Souleymane Doucoure were all taken to a military base in Kati outside the capital, Bamako, sources said. The arrests bring further uncertainty to the West African country after a military coup in…

The Malaysian military arrested the president, prime minister and defense minister of the African country's caretaker government on Monday after a change of government, several diplomatic sources and government sources told Reuters, indicating that a coup was on the way. President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and Defense Minister Souleymane Doucoure were all taken to a military base in Kati outside the capital, Bamako, hours after two military members lost their positions in a change of…