Four Americans pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in a federal court in Utah after authorities said they conspired to stage a violent coup in Congo that failed.

Three Americans repatriated to the United States from Congo have been charged by the U.S. Justice Department with staging an elaborate coup attempt aimed at overthrowing the African nation’s government.

Congo says three Americans convicted of participating in a botched coup attempt last year have been repatriated to the United States.

A military court in Congo has convicted dozens of people, including three Americans, for a coup attempt.

Prosecutors are calling for for 50 people, including three Americans, to face the death penalty for what the Congolese army says was a coup attempt earlier this year.

The military trial of 51 suspects, including three Americans, accused of being involved in a coup attempt in Congo last month has opened in the country's capital of Kinshasa.

The friend of a prominent Congolese opposition leader’s son said he turned down a six-figure offer to travel there as part of the family’s security detail in what turned out to be a failed coup attempt.

Authorities in Congo are accusing three Americans of involvement in a brazen weekend attack on Congo’s presidential palace.

Congo’s army says it has foiled a coup attempt and arrested the perpetrators, including several foreigners.