In which countries in Africa is ruled by a military junta

Africa is in the center of attention of the world public, due to numerous coups and military juntas taking over power.

According to available data, military junta is currently in power in five African countries, he writes N1.

These are Mali, Sudan, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Niger, and the latest news is that a group of soldiers in Gabon announced a coup, the "end of the regime" and the closing of the borders.

Mali

The 2020 coup led to the takeover of power by a military junta called the "National Committee for the Salvation of the People".

In September of the same year, a transitional charter was drawn up, which described the way to return the country to civilian rule. It provided for a transitional government with a mandate of no longer than 18 months, headed by an interim president and prime minister. The 121-member Transitional Council was to serve as a legislative body.

A second coup took place in May 2021, but then the junta leaders pledged to maintain the existing transitional government structure.

Asimi Goita, an army colonel and interim prime minister, who was also appointed by the junta Choguel Kokala Maiga, leader of the Patriotic Movement of Renewal party, is in the post of interim president of Mali.

Guinea

The coup in Guinea took place in September 2021. The junta suspended the 2020 Constitution and presented a transitional charter.

According to that charter, the president as the head of state, the prime minister as the head of the government and the National Transitional Council of 81 members, which would serve as the legislative body, are supposed to rule.

As of October 2021, Mamadi Dumbuja, a colonel of the Guinean army, has been serving as the interim president of Guinea. The Prime Minister is Bernard Gumu.

Burkina Faso

At the head of this West African country is officially the youngest head of state in the world - Ibrahim Traore (35).

Traore was part of a group of officers who supported the January 2022 coup and the coming to power of a military junta called the "Patriotic Movement for Protection and Reconstruction".

He assumed the position of head of state and commander-in-chief in October 2022.

Niger

On July 27 of this year, the army in Niger announced on national television that it had carried out a coup d'état. Then they announced that they dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions and closed the borders of the country.

Niger's ousted president Mohamed Bazum is being held by coup plotters in a palace in the capital, Niamey.

Immediately after taking power, the junta began to take steps to remove French influence. They also made a decision to expel the ambassador, which Paris refused, saying that the coup plotters "do not have the legitimacy to do so".

The Economic Union of West African Countries (ECOWAS) reacted to the coup in Niger, which sent a delegation to Niger to negotiate with the soldiers, and after the members of the delegation could not reach the coup plotters, military intervention was announced.

This is why the military alliance of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali was concluded, which allows the two countries to provide military aid to Niger if there is a military intervention against the coup plotters there.

A similar agreement already exists between Burkina Faso and Mali.

Sudan

Since gaining independence in 1956, Sudan has survived several constitutions and regime changes, including four military coups – in 1985, 1989, 2019 and 2021.

The interim constitution was suspended after a coup in April 2019. The military later signed a constitutional declaration with an alliance of civilian groups, called the Forces for Freedom and Change, which outlined a power-sharing agreement between the two sides and provided a roadmap for governing the country until the establishment of conditions for a democratically elected government.

According to the constitutional declaration, a transitional Sovereignty Council was established, composed of five military and six civilian members. For the first 21 months, the council was headed by a military general, after which it was planned that a civilian would hold that position.

The Prime Minister was elected by the "Force for Freedom and Change", as were the members of the government, except for two appointed by military representatives. A legislative assembly with a maximum of 300 members was also planned, but it was not formed immediately.

A new military coup followed, in October 2021, which led to the dissolution of the Sovereignty Council. The army formed a new council, headed by a general, but they did not include any representatives of civil society, which is why the support of many civil groups in political parties was absent.

Sudan is currently headed by General Abdel Fatah al-Burhan, who is also the chairman of the Transitional Council for Sovereignty, and the executive power is exercised by the Transitional Government.

Gabon

The latest candidate to be on this list is Gabon.

A group of soldiers and policemen announced "the end of the regime" in the country, along with the cancellation of elections, the dissolution of institutions and the closing of borders.

The announcement of the coup followed shortly after the announcement of the official results of the presidential elections, in which the current president, Ali Bongo Odimba, in power for 14 years, won a third mandate with 64,27 percent of the vote.

"Finding that we have an irresponsible and unpredictable government that can lead the country to chaos, we decided to defend the peace by ending the ruling regime," one of the dozen soldiers told the Gabon 24 television channel.