The coup that on Wednesday overthrew the outgoing president and suspended the ongoing elections in Guinea-Bissau is the tenth coup in Africa since 2020.

- Mali: Two coups in nine months -

On August 18, 2020, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta was overthrown by five colonels. A retired officer was appointed president of the transition, and a government was formed.

But on May 24, 2021, the military arrested the transitional president and the prime minister. Their leader, Assimi Goïta, was installed as the new transitional president.

After pledging to hand power back to civilians through elections in February 2024, the military postponed the presidential election to an unspecified date, claiming that the country, plagued by jihadist violence, was not yet stabilized.

General Goïta promulgates a law in July 2025 granting him a five-year renewable mandate without election.

Since September, jihadists have been suffocating the economy with a fuel blockade, weakening the ruling junta.

- Guinea-Conakry -

On September 5, 2021, President Alpha Condé was overthrown in a military coup. On October 1, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya became president and initially promised to hand power back to civilians.

But the now general has just submitted his candidacy for the presidential election scheduled for December 28, which is intended to restore constitutional order.

- Sudan -

On October 25, 2021, military forces led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ousted the civilian transitional leaders who were supposed to lead the country towards democracy after 30 years of dictatorship under Omar al-Bashir, who was himself deposed in 2019.

Since April 15, 2023, a war due to a power struggle between General Burhane and his former second-in-command Mohamed Hamdane Daglo, leader of the paramilitaries, has been ravaging the country.

It has caused tens of thousands of deaths, millions of displaced people and, according to the UN, triggered the "world's worst humanitarian crisis".

- Burkina Faso: two coups in 8 months -

On January 24, 2022, President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was ousted from power by the military, and Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was sworn in as president in February.

On September 30, Damiba was in turn overthrown by the military, Captain Ibrahim Traoré became transitional president and initially promised to hand power back to civilians.

But in May 2024, the junta allowed him to remain at the head of this country, plagued by jihadist violence, for five more years.

- Niger -

On July 26, 2023, the military overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum. General Abdourahamane Tiani became the new strongman of the country.

In March 2025, the junta extended its transition at the head of this country, which is also plagued by jihadist violence, for a minimum of five years.

- Gabon -

In Gabon, a Central African country ruled for more than 55 years by the Bongo family, soldiers overthrew Ali Bongo Ondimba on August 30, 2023, who had led the country for 14 years, less than an hour after the proclamation of his re-election in a contested election.

General Brice Oligui Nguema is sworn in as transitional president.

In April 2025, he was elected president with 94.85% of the vote. He was sworn in under the new Constitution approved by referendum during the transition.

- Madagascar -

In Madagascar, a military unit joins the protest movement initiated by Generation Z youth in October 2025, which shakes the island and overthrows President Andry Rajoelina.

Colonel Michaël Randrianirina is sworn in as president and promises elections within 18 to 24 months.