ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A high court in Ghana has sentenced to death six people, including three soldiers, after convicting them of plotting to carry out a coup against the country’s government in 2019.

After the failed 15 May 1979 mutiny, Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings’ fiery words in court wrote his destiny as Ghana’s leader for 20 years. At exactly 5:09 pm on 15 May 1979, a young air force ...

Weeks of nationwide Gen Z protests in Madagascar sparked by power and water shortages escalated and led to a military coup that forced President Andry Rajoelina into exile and Army officer Col. Michae ...

The military men who toppled Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president, in a military coup in 1966, also sought to reorganize sports. Their keen interest in sports notwithstanding, Ghana did not win ...

A court in Ghana on 24 January sentenced six people – including three soldiers – to death for their involvement in a plot to overthrow the government four years ago. The court, however, acquitted top ...