•Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo Guinea-Bissau’s army announced today it had thwarted an “attempt to subvert the constitutional order”. It also said it arrested several senior military officers on the eve of the start of general election campaigning, reports AFP. “This action aimed to disrupt the electoral process,” General Mamadu...
•Troops A total of 542 senior Non-Commissioned Officers retired from the Nigerian Armed Forces yesterday after 35 years of service. The retirement ceremony, held at the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre in Oshodi, Lagos, included 362 soldiers from the Nigerian Army, 134 from the Navy, and 46 from the Air Force, reports The PUNCH. Speak...

