As per an IndiaToday report, a senior Bangladeshi army official has been put under surveillance for trying to stage a coup in the army. Army Chief Waker-Uz-Zaman issued the order after receiving information that Lieutenant General Faizur Rahman, a Quarter Master General (QMG), was planning to replace him.
Reports say that speculation about a coup in Congo has been rife since August after the military took over in Gabon following the victory of the ousted President Ali Bongo in Gabon.
Victoria Nuland was allowed to meet only the new military chief of staff Brigadier General Moussa Salaou Barmou, not the new leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani or the deposed President Bazoum.