The Prime Minister of Sao Tome and Principe, Patrice Trovoada, announced that a failed coup attempt took place on Thursday night, in the small Gulf of Guinea island nation
Trovoada said that four men, including the outgoing president of the National Assembly, Delfim Neves, and a former mercenary who participated in a failed coup attempt in 2009, tried to attack the army headquarters.
the prime minister added that the coup attempt began around 00:40 and ended shortly after 6 am.