Tag: COUP

  • GUINEA BISSAU RECIEVES TARGETED SANCTIONS THREAT FROM ECOWAS OVER COUP

    GUINEA BISSAU RECIEVES TARGETED SANCTIONS THREAT FROM ECOWAS OVER COUP

    Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS has warned it will impose targeted sanctions on individuals or groups obstructing Guinea-Bissau’s transition back to civilian rule following last month’s coup. The threat was announced at a regional summit in Abuja, where leaders also discussed a failed coup attempt in Benin. ECOWAS Commission President Omar Alieu Touray…

  • BOLSONARO APPEAL BEGINS AS BRAZIL SUPREME COURT WEIGHS 27-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR COUP PLOT

    BOLSONARO APPEAL BEGINS AS BRAZIL SUPREME COURT WEIGHS 27-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR COUP PLOT

    ‎Brazil’s Supreme Court has begun reviewing former president Jair Bolsonaro’s appeal against his 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup to block Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from taking office. Two judges have so far voted to uphold the conviction, including Alexandre de Moraes, who led the original trial. Moraes dismissed the defence’s claims of…