Tag: MILITARY COUPS

Coups in W/Africa may engulf Africa if allowed to fester’ Tuggar

Aminu Imam

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, has expressed fear over the increasing coups in West Africa, saying it could snowball into engulfing the entire African continent. This was contained in an issued statement sent by the Special Assistant, Media and Communications Strategy to the minister, Al-?asim Abdul?adir, yesterday in Abuja. According to the statement, Tuggar expressed his concern at the 10th Annual High-level Seminar on the Promotion of Peace and Security in Africa in Algeria. He warned against describing the unconstitutional change in government in West Africa as solely…

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Surge of military coups in West Africa worries Nigeria – Foreign Minister

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian government has said that the surge of military coups in the West African is fast becoming a threat to the democratic culture in the region. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Mediation and Security Council, Yusuf Tuggar, stated this while delivering his opening remarks at the 51st Ordinary Session of Mediation and Security Council. The Security Council is an organ of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Citing the recently foiled coup attempts in Sierra Leone and Guinea Bissau, the envoy charged members of…

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Resurgence of coup d’tats in Africa worrisome – stakeholders

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nigerian Military, politicians and members of the academia have described the resurgence of military takeover of power in Africa as worrisome and a negative development. They made the observations on Tuesday at a Roundtable Seminar on Resurgence of Coup Dtats in Africa: Implications for Regional Security, Political Stability and Good Governance, organised by the National Defence College (NDC), in Abuja. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Gbenga Daniel, said that whereas democracy might not be the best type of government, it had been adjudged to be the best…

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