ARTICLES RELATING TO
COUP
Venezuela's acting president has urged US leader Barack Obama to stop what he called a plot by the CIA to kill his opposition rival and trigger a coup before the upcoming election.
A group of soldiers accused of an attack on a commando barracks which the Guinea Bissau government described as an attempted coup, have appeared before a court martial.
The alleged mastermind of an attack on a military barracks in Guinea-Bissau, which government has described as a coup attempt backed by Portugal, will face a military court.
A Commonwealth-backed investigation in the Maldives has dismissed claims that a coup forced Mohamed Nasheed from the presidency and has declared it was a legitimate transfer of power.
Mali's military has arrested the colonel behind an attempted counter coup in April.
West African ministers are meeting to try to resolve the impasse gripping Mali and speed up the return to constitutional rule in Guinea-Bissau, both struggling to recover from coups.
The forum has gathered in Mali with the aim of finding solutions to the crisis in the north of the west African country.
Mali's interim leader Dioncounda Traore will hold talks with Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara as a post-coup political crisis drags on in his country.
Guinea-Bissau's military rulers have banned 58 key figures - mostly from the ousted government, from leaving the country.
West African leaders have slammed the defiance of coup leaders in Mali and Guinea-Bissau as talks opened on the crisis-wracked nations in Dakar.
An Arab militia has pulled out of Mali's desert city of Timbuktu, hours after entering the town, amid power struggles in the lawless region more than a month after a coup shook the country.
Guinea-Bissau's coup leaders have released the country's ousted prime minister and interim president after more than two weeks of captivity.
South Africa deplores the recent coup in Guinea Bissau, the country’s international and co-operation department says.
The Guinea-Bissau army and opposition parties have agreed to set up a transitional body to run the country, ahead of talks with West African bloc Ecowas, which has denounced the recent coup.
The new Guinea-Bissau junta has announced the closure of all air and sea borders, after former colonial power Portugal said it was sending navy ships and a plane for a possible evaluation of its nationals.
