State television broadcast patriotic songs as it announced the coup attempt and urged “the people to confront it”.

​Dialogue between Venezuela’s opposition and President Maduro’s government will resume in Barbados, self-declared interim president Juan Guaido said

Violence flared on Saturday afternoon in Amhara, one of nine autonomous regions, when a ‘hit squad’ attacked a meeting of top officials

​Venezuela will prosecute seven lawmakers who backed last week’s failed uprising orchestrated by opposition leader Juan Guaido

The government says that foreign mercenaries mounted an attempted putsch on December 24 but it was thwarted.

Campaigning has been largely peaceful but analysts say tensions are high before the parliamentary vote.

Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has said he won’t re-open Parliament, throwing a South African-brokered peace deal into doubt.

Emergency talks have been underway to determine the future of Lesotho’s fragile coalition government, amid suggestions of a coup.

SA says "democracy and human rights are essential to the governance of all African countries", slating an alleged coup attempt in South Sudan.

Malawi police have arrested 11 ex-ministers and senior government officials, including the former president’s brother, for an alleged coup plot.

Sudanese authorities say they have foiled a military coup and that several military officers and civilians involved in the scheme have been arrested.

It’s clear the Boeremag plotters had a deadly serious intent. Phillip de Wet unpacks the plan to overthrow the SA government and start a race war.

China has shut down websites, made a string of arrests and punished two popular microblogs after rumours of a coup linked to a major political drama.