Tag: coups d’etat
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Juntas ruling Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso agree to create a joint force to fight worsening violence
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The military juntas ruling Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger say they have agreed to create a joint force to fight extremist violence in their nations
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A South Sudan activist in the US is charged with trying to illegally export arms for coup back home
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A leading South Sudanese academic and activist living in exile in the United States has been charged in Arizona along with a Utah man born in the African nation on charges of conspiring to buy and illegally export millions of dollars’ worth of weapons to overthrow the government back home
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Haiti moves closer to total collapse and its prime minister is unable to return home
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Banks and government offices in Haiti are being pillaged and burned. Police substations are falling under the control of gangs. Prisons have broken open. And neighborhoods across the nation’s capital, Port-au-Prince, are experiencing continuous gunfire. As a powerful coalition of armed gangs continues its assault in a volatile Haiti— and the political party of a…
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Police use teargas as protests resume in Senegal over elections
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Thousands of people took to the streets of Senegal’s capital to show their frustration at President Macky Sall’s move to delay presidential elections. Police stationed along major through-ways used teargas to disperse people as protests erupted across Dakar on Friday. Protesters threw rocks in response as the police aimed to prevent an opposition gathering from…
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Bolsonaro targeted as police ensnares alleged coup plotters
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Police launched a sweeping operation that ensnared former President Jair Bolsonaro and dozens of his allies who allegedly tried to overturn the result of Brazil’s 2022 election following his defeat. The operation was authorized by the top court and carried out by the federal police. In a statement describing their actions…
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Brazil police investigate ex-President Bolsonaro’s top aides over alleged coup plot
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Brazilian police have searched homes and offices of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s top aides in an investigation alleging they plotted a coup and that the ex-president was aware of the plan
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After coups, West African nations hurry to leave the regional bloc that opposed military takeovers
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West Africa’s regional bloc says the coup-hit nations of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are in haste to withdraw their membership of the association without following its rules of exit
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Senegal’s fury over delayed election adds to West Africa unrest
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Senegal is teetering on the brink of crisis after lawmakers voted to delay elections and extend the final term of President Macky Sall by nearly a year — a move opponents have characterized as a “constitutional coup.” In a region that has seen seven military takeovers and at least four attempts by security forces to…
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West African bloc asks Senegal to reverse the presidential election delay that’s caused an uproar
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West Africa’s regional bloc says authorities in Senegal should hold the presidential election this month as scheduled instead of delaying it by 10 months