A Burundi army general has said that a group of military officers have dismissed President Pierre Nkurunziza following unrest over his campaign to be re-elected for a third term.
The African Union (AU) has given Burkina Faso’s military a two weeks to hand over power to a civilian ruler or transitional government.
Iraq is facing political turmoil after security forces loyal to Nouri Maliki took up strategic positions around Baghdad after he criticised President Fuad Masum in a press conferences and demanded to be appointed as prime minister for a third term.
The military has seized power in Thailand, with chiefs announcing the coup in a televised broadcast.
The Thai military have imposed martial law under the guise of ‘preserving law and order’, but maintain that it is not a coup.