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UGANDA – Soldiers and an opposition MP among those suspected of planning an armed uprising against President Yoweri Museveni.[9] Check also: Dr. Kizza Besigye charged with treason At least 30 people,[6] including serving soldiers and an opposition MP, have been arrested on suspicion of plotting to overthrow Uganda’s government,[5] the country’s army has said. Army spokesman Colonel Paddy Ankunda told ...

Presidential guard officers in Burkina Faso have seized power in a coup with shooting reported in the capital, Ouagadougou. A close ally & former chief of staff for the former President Blaise Compaore, Gen Gilbert Diendere, has been named the country’s new leader, state television reports. The French President Francois Hollande condemned what he called a coup in the former ...