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The Gambia's government has named a navy officer as the alleged ringleader of a failed coup plot. According to authorities, Sanna Fadera had been detained, along with three other officers, from the navy, presidential guard battalion and military police. Loyalist troops were still searching for three alleged accomplices. The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, condemned the attempted coup, and said it stands firmly by President Adama Barrow's government.

Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has said military will help police maintain law and order over ethnic tension after an election last week. Fiji is now waiting for its president to recall parliament so lawmakers can vote for a new prime minister after no party won a clear majority in the general election. The country’s politics was long dominated by tense race relations between its indigenous majority and a big ethnic […]

Reports say Football legend, Pele‘s cancer has advanced and now requires treatment for heart and kidney trouble. According to a medical report, the 82-year-old is under elevated care and will now spend Christmas at the Hospital. The Legend has been fighting colon cancer since his diagnosis in September 2021 and was hospitalized three weeks ago after Covid aggravated a respiratory infection.

Peru’s president, Dina Boluarte, has announced a partial cabinet reshuffle. This comes hours after legislators endorsed a plan to move elections forward in a bid to quell protests that began after the impeachment of Boluarte’s predecessor. The changes were made two weeks after Peru’s opposition-led Congress voted to remove President Pedro Castillo from office in the third impeachment effort of the left-wing leader’s embattled presidency.

The Gambia's government says it has thwarted an attempt to stage a coup. According to a statement issued by the government, Four soldiers had been arrested and three alleged accomplices were on the run. The statement noted that It is unclear who exactly was behind the attempt to overthrow President Adama Barrow. Barrow defeated long-serving President Yahya Jammeh in a shock election victory in December 2016.  

Peru has declared Mexico’s ambassador to Lima a persona non grata and ordered him to leave the country in 72 hours. The country’s foreign minister announced that the abrupt order came after Mexican ambassador, Pablo Monroy, revealed that his country had granted asylum to the family of former president Pedro Castillo. The Minister noted that the ejection of Monroy was due to repeated statements from the highest authorities of that […]

Ghana has suspended payments on most of its external debt as the country struggles to plug its deep balance of payments deficit. The country’s finance ministry said it will not service debts including its Eurobonds, commercial loans and most bilateral loans, describing the decision an interim emergency measure. The suspension of debt payments reflects the perilous state of the economy, which had led the government to reach a $3bn staff-level agreement with […]

India has scaled up troop deployment along a disputed border with China. The country’s Foreign minister, S Jaishankar, stated that the country would not let China unilaterally change the status quo at the border. This comes days after Indian and Chinese forces clashed in a disputed area along the border in Arunachal Pradesh state. India and China share a disputed 3,440km long de facto border called the Line of Actual Control, which […]

Colombia’s largest remaining rebel group has announced a unilateral ceasefire over the end-of-year holiday period. A spokesperson of the ELN, said the ceasefire would last from Saturday 6am, which is Christmas Eve, to the same time on January 2. The Spokesperson noted that the ceasefire only covers the military forces and the state police, adding that ELN fighters reserve the right to defend themselves if they are attacked. This comes […]