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Top military officials in Gabon, central Africa, appeared suddenly on national television on Wednesday and announced that they had ended the regime of President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has ruled the country since 1967.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a coalition led by Nigeria, agreed during an emergency meeting on Thursday to order its military leaders to “activate” its armed forces “immediately” to prepare for an invasion of Niger.

The leaders of the “National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland,” a group of soldiers who staged a coup in Niger on July 26, failed to allow diplomats representing the United Nations and African Union from entering the country on Tuesday, claiming public “anger” made it unsafe for them to land.

The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) called an emergency meeting for Thursday this week after the passage of an ultimatum it issued to coup organizers in Niger to restore the democratically elected government or face a potential military invasion.

The coup in Niger will undermine the fight against resurgent terror groups in Africa’s Sahel region, France’s defence minister said.

The State Department announced on Wednesday that it would begin evacuating “non-emergency” American personnel from its embassy in Niamey, Niger, where a group calling itself the “National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland” claimed to have overthrown President Mohamed Bazoum last week.

The governments of Burkina Faso and Mali issued statements on Monday defending the military coup in Niger last week, stating that any military intervention by democratic neighbors to oust the coup leaders in Niger would be a “declaration of war” against them, as well.

In his first speech following the apparent Wagner coup attempt, Vladimir Putin said organisers of the mutiny will be “brought to justice”.

Under the deal announced by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Prigozhin will go to Belarus, and charges against him will be dropped.

Belarussian dictator Alexander Lukashenko claims he struck a deal with Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin to stop the group’s march on Moscow.

The Wagner paramilitary forces of Yevgeny Prigozhin have reportedly broken through to the Lipetsk Region, around 230 miles south of Moscow.

Yevgeny Prigozhin refused to surrender amid claims of a coup attempt against the Kremlin and warnings that his forces are marching on Moscow.

Yevgeny Prigozhin said Wagner is not capable of staging a coup against the Kremlin, following speculation that he may seek to overthrow and replace Vladimir Putin.

Pope Francis launched an appeal for an end to the armed conflict in Myanmar Wednesday, urging all parties to embrace a peaceful solution.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan denounced “an attempted military coup” on Thursday after a group of Armenian army officers wrote a letter demanding Pashinyan’s resignation earlier that day.

China reaffirmed its stance as a “friendly neighbor of Myanmar” on Monday hours after Myanmar’s military staged a coup, detaining the country’s top government officials and declaring a one-year state of emergency.

Retired Admiral William McRaven has published an op-ed in Friday’s New York Times titled, “Our Republic Is Under Attack From the President,” urging that Trump be removed from office — “the sooner, the better.”

Violence has broken out on the streets across Venezuela as opposition leader Juan Guaidó has declared that they are in the “final phase” of removing Nicolás Maduro’s socialist dictatorship from power.

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) this week repeatedly defended his tweet that implied that America needed to have a military coup to remove President Donald Trump after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Rep. Steve Cohen implied in a tweet on Monday that America needs the military to have a military coup to remove President Trump.

Chinese state media, which have routinely promoted its ties to Zimbabwe, published a story on Monday arguing that the Chinese government had long ago began divesting from Zimbabwe as the operation to remove 93-year-old dictator Robert Mugabe continues to generate world headlines.

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s army said Wednesday it has President Robert Mugabe and his wife in custody and is securing government offices and patrolling the capital’s streets following a night of unrest that included a military takeover of the state broadcaster.

Talk show host Chelsea Handler took to Twitter over the weekend to urge the generals in President Donald Trump’s administration to “remove” the president from office.

On Friday, the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C. held a press conference to observe the one year anniversary of the failed coup that left nearly 250 people dead and thousands more injured.

Left-wing actress Sarah Silverman took to social media late Wednesday and called for a military coup against the Trump administration.

TEL AVIV – Turkish authorities reportedly tortured political detainees after a failed military coup led to thousands of arrests during the government-declared state of emergency, NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has alleged.

TEL AVIV – The Foreign Ministry on Monday slammed Turkey’s condemnation of Sunday night’s IDF strikes in Gaza, saying the country, which has carried out its own violent crackdowns following the military coup, would be wise to “think twice” before criticizing the military actions of other nations.