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The Observer view on Gabon: the coup poses a new threat to democracy in Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa has suffered an alarming spate of military takeovers since 2020

The Guardian - UK

India will play an important role in trade realignment globally: Former U.S. Assistant Commerce Secretary Arun Kumar

India can play a pivotal role in global manufacturing post-pandemic, says Arun Kumar, former US Assistant Sec. of Commerce. He envisions a world where nations have learnt from the havoc wreaked by centralising manufacturing in China. His new book, The Global Trade Paradigm, explores how to rethink international business.

The Hindu

Africa's Planned Cities Need Unplanning

Nigeria's shantytowns are more functional than its centrally planned gated communities.

Reason

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Coup in Gabon: Ali Bongo the eighth west African leader to be ousted by military in two years

Gabon’s prime minister, Ali Bongo, has become the latest in a string of African leaders to be ousted by a military coup in recent years. Bongo, who had just won a third term in power, was ousted by a junta of senior officers who have named General Brice Oligui Nguema…

The Conversation

Season of putsch: Why have coups become popular in Africa?

Military leaders are exploiting disenchantment with democratic leadership amid deteriorating economic conditions.

Al Jazeera

Gabon's opposition candidate alleges the ousted president's family is behind a plot to retain power

Gabon’s opposition candidate alleges that the family of the recently ousted president was behind a plot to keep them in power after more than five decades of rule over the oil-rich Central African nation

The Independent UK

Emergency services leave South Africa fire scene. Now comes the grisly task of identifying bodies

Emergency services teams have left the scene of one of South Africa’s deadliest inner-city fires Pathologists now face the grisly task of identifying dozens of charred bodies and some body parts that have been transported to several mortuaries across the city of Johannesburg

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Jokowi is right not to join 'BRICS' for now – but the alliance is still important for Indonesia

Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo travelled to Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 24 to attend the 15th BRICS summit, an informal grouping of five major emerging nations: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

The Conversation

Ukraine recap: fallout from death of Yevgeny Prigozhin will be felt far beyond Moscow

Where were you when you heard that Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s aircraft had crashed and he was presumed dead? For Ukraine watchers it was something of a surreal JFK moment. And, like the Zapruder tape, the video footage of the Russian mercenary group commander’s Embraer Legacy 600 private jet…

The Conversation

African Union suspends Gabon’s membership after military coup

The body said it ‘strongly condemns the military takeover’ that resulted in the ouster of President Ali Bongo Ondimba.

Al Jazeera

US driver pulled over with huge African bull riding shotgun in car

Converted vehicle stopped in Nebraska with gigantic-horned Watusi bovine called Howdy Doody as passenger

The Guardian - US

Some in Africa are celebrating the coups. Many are fed up and desperate for change, analysts say

Coups that have resurfaced in Africa after years of stability are being celebrated by some

The Independent UK

Yevgeny Prigozhin spoke of threats to his life days before death, video appears to show

Wagner boss apparently seen in Africa saying ‘everything’s fine’ as he addressed rumours about wellbeing

The Guardian - UK

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Evening Standard

OPINION - The coup in Gabon matters for us: it shows the West has failed

A special broadcast on national television shows men in berets, body armour and fatigues. They gather around the podium. The announcement is brief: the armed forces are taking over. Gabon today, Niger last month. It’s the eighth coup in Francophone Africa in three years.

The Independent UK

EU examines its training of African armies as another coup rocks the continent

The European Union is growing increasingly concerned about “domino effects” as yet another military coup rocks Africa

The Week

Gabon and what’s driving the spate of coups in West Africa

A group of senior military officials in Gabon say they have seized power from the government just moments after results from its general election were declared.

France 24

General Brice Oligui Nguema, the man named to lead Gabon after coup

General Brice Oligui Nguema, who was named Gabon's new leader in the hours following a military takeover on Wednesday, served the central African country's long-time former president Omar Bongo before turning on his son, ousted leader Ali Bongo.

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France 24

Western powers condemn coup in Gabon, curfew remains in effect

A group of senior military officers in Gabon seized power in the early hours of Wednesday, shortly after the country's election body announced President Ali Bongo had won a third term. The United States, the UK, France and others condemned what appeared to be the eighth military coup in west…

LiveScience

Human and ape ancestors arose in Europe, not in Africa, controversial study claims

A newly described fossil suggests that the ancestor of humans and apes arose in Europe, not in Africa.

France 24

Gabon's turn: Will latest Africa coup mark end of Bongo family dynasty?

Soldiers in Gabon popped up on television in the pre-dawn hours to announce they had overthrown President Ali Bongo, just one hour after election results in the dead of night gave him a third term in office. We ask about the latest developments and who's in charge in Libreville.

The Guardian - UK

Why Gabon’s coup plotters can count on popular support

Strong desire for change – even if it comes wearing combat fatigues – is feeding Africa’s series of putsches

The Conversation

'Motherhood is hard': young, HIV-positive mums in South Africa open up about regret and anger

For any woman, pregnancy and giving birth are major life-changing experiences. Becoming a mother brings with it a range of emotions and, in many African cultures, positive emotions are centred when talking about motherhood.

The Conversation

Kofi Ansah left Ghana to become a world famous fashion designer - how his return home boosted the industry

In the 1950s and 1960s, young Africans were assisted financially by their governments to study in western countries in the hope they would return to contribute to nation building. Individuals who qualified abroad and returned home formed the educated elites of immediate post-independent Africa.

The Independent UK

Gabon's wealthy, dynastic leader thought he could resist Africa's trend of coups. He might be wrong

The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, knew well the threat of military coups in his part of the world

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