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Myanmar: Young people resisting the junta: It is primarily the young who are rebelling against the military government in Myanmar. Therefore ...
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Myanmar: Young people resisting the junta
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Myanmar junta enforces military service law following battlefield losses: YANGON: Myanmar's junta is enforcing a law allowing the military to summon all men aged ...
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Myanmar junta enforces military service law following battlefield losses
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Myanmar embattled junta extends emergency rule on eve of coup anniversary: Myanmar's military rulers on Wednesday (Jan 31) extended a state of emergency in place ...
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Myanmar embattled junta extends emergency rule on eve of coup anniversary
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Myanmar junta attacked on new fronts, thousands flee to India: Ethnic minority insurgent groups attacked security posts in Myanmar on Monday (Nov 13), residents ...
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Myanmar junta attacked on new fronts, thousands flee to India
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Niger military tribunal grants son of deposed president provisional release: Salem Bazoum had been in detention at the presidential residence with his parents ...
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Niger military tribunal grants son of deposed president provisional ...
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The Crisis of African Democracy: Coups Are a Symptom—Not the Cause—of Political Dysfunction
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Losing ground to rebel alliance, Myanmar junta faces biggest test since coup: A rebel alliance has overrun parts of northern Myanmar, including areas bordering ...
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Losing ground to rebel alliance, Myanmar junta faces biggest test since ...
Quick Glance: Rebel Alliance Gains Ground Against Myanmar Junta
  • Rebels stormed strategic outposts and seized control of towns

  • Junta leadership is in a very weak position since the coup

  • Approximately 50,000 people displaced due to ongoing shelling and airstrikes
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‘Backs to the wall’: Myanmar military prepares to mark Armed Forces Day: As troops parade in Naypyidaw, questions are being asked about a military under pressure ...
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‘Backs to the wall’: Myanmar military prepares to mark Armed Forces Day
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How the Biden administration helped avoid a coup in Guatemala: Guatemala’s Bernardo Arevalo is reaching Inauguration Day with the help of U.S ...
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How the Biden administration helped avoid a coup in Guatemala
Quick Glance: Biden Administration's Impact on Preventing a Coup in Guatemala
  • Following the victory of a reform-minded professor in the Guatemala elections, governments worldwide closely monitored the events with concern.

  • The Biden administration recognized the opportunity to collaborate with an elected leader regarded as honest and supported Arévalo.

  • A series of senior officials from the US State Department visited Guatemala to demonstrate support for Arévalo.

  • The Biden administration's actions in Guatemala caused alarm among some in the private sector.
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Defense Minister Pistorius in Niger for the first time since the military coup: Defense Minister Pistorius has landed in Niger, which has been ruled by the ...
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Defense Minister Pistorius in Niger for the first time since the military ...
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Myanmar military admits facing ‘heavy assaults’ from anti-coup forces: Spokesperson says opponents dropping ‘hundreds’ of drones on military outposts as ...
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Myanmar military admits facing ‘heavy assaults’ from anti-coup forces
Quick Glance: Myanmar Conflict Escalates, Curfew Imposed in Sittwe
  • Anti-coup forces gaining territory near India border, putting pressure on military regime.

  • Fighters in Chin state take control of two military outposts near India's Mizoram state after prolonged battles.

  • Successes in Rakhine and northern Shan state follow coordinated offensive by anti-coup forces two weeks ago.

  • Rakhine experiences fighting and military presence despite previous relative peace after informal ceasefire.
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Unlawful killings: Amnesty urges Myanmar military war crimes investigation: Allegations centre on military response to Operation 1027, the biggest challenge to ...
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Unlawful killings: Amnesty urges Myanmar military war crimes investigation
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Senate Democrats call on Pentagon to halt aid to human rights abusers and coup governments
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Senate Democrats call on Pentagon to halt aid to human rights abusers and ...
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Myanmar’s NUG says anti-coup forces ‘edging closer’ to defeating generals: Three years after 2021 coup, the resistance says it is gaining strength and taking ...
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Myanmar’s NUG says anti-coup forces ‘edging closer’ to defeating generals
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Sahel: Military regimes under pressure to succeed: The military regimes in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger continue to struggle with terrorism ...
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Sahel: Military regimes under pressure to succeed
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US officially concludes Gabon had a coup, ends assistance: The United States on Monday ended assistance to Gabon over its August 30 coup but said it was ready to ...
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US officially concludes Gabon had a coup, ends assistance
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ASEAN urges ‘Myanmar-owned and led solution’ to crisis triggered by coup: Laos, which is chairing group this year, stresses need for engagement as thousands ...
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ASEAN urges ‘Myanmar-owned and led solution’ to crisis triggered by coup
Quick Glance: ASEAN Calls for 'Myanmar-owned and Led Solution' to Crisis After Coup
  • Laos, chairing the group, emphasizes need for engagement as thousands killed in three years of violence.

  • Southeast Asian foreign ministers urge a 'Myanmar-owned and led solution' to the crisis.

  • ASEAN ministers back Laos's special envoy's efforts in 'reaching out to parties concerned'.

  • Myanmar plunged into crisis as generals removed elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and responded with brutal force to mass protests.
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Myanmar fighter jet crashes, rebels claim responsibility: A Myanmar fighter jet has crashed during clashes between the military and an insurgent group ...
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Myanmar fighter jet crashes, rebels claim responsibility
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Three years after coup, Myanmar junta chief under unprecedented pressure: In mid-January, at a small gathering in a cantonment town in Myanmar ...
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Three years after coup, Myanmar junta chief under unprecedented pressure
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Reichsbürger file: How right-wing radicals wanted to seize power with an army: A suspected terrorist group around Henry XIII. Prince Reuss was planning a coup ...
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Reichsbürger file: How right-wing radicals wanted to seize power with an ...
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West Africa bloc urges Burkina, Niger and Mali not to withdraw: The West African regional bloc ECOWAS pushed junta-led Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali to reconsider ...
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West Africa bloc urges Burkina, Niger and Mali not to withdraw
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Myanmar fighter jet crashes as pressure grows on military regime: Anti-coup forces say they shot down plane, but military says crash was result of a technical ...
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Myanmar fighter jet crashes as pressure grows on military regime
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India begins deporting 1st group of Myanmar refugees who fled coup: GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) -- India on Friday began deporting the first group of ...
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India begins deporting 1st group of Myanmar refugees who fled coup
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Thailand's billionaire ex-PM Thaksin freed on parole: Thailand's convicted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Sunday ...
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Thailand's billionaire ex-PM Thaksin freed on parole
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Argentines send message to Milei with march in memory of dictatorship: Huge crowds head to Plaza de Mayo to mark the 48th anniversary of the coup d'état ...
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Argentines send message to Milei with march in memory of dictatorship
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In Myanmar’s Kayah, medics treat war wounded in hidden hospitals: Three years since the military seized power, plunging Myanmar into crisis ...
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In Myanmar’s Kayah, medics treat war wounded in hidden hospitals
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Commentary: Conscription is pushing many in Myanmar to choose sides: Myanmar’s military regime is seeking to revive a policy of conscription ...
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Commentary: Conscription is pushing many in Myanmar to choose sides
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Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger quit Ecowas: Both Mali and Burkina Faso, which also saw two coups in nine months, had set up transition timetables to return to ...
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Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger quit Ecowas
Quick Glance: Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso Withdraw from ECOWAS
  • The three nations announce their withdrawal from ECOWAS, citing the organization as a threat to member states.

  • In a joint statement, they accuse ECOWAS of being influenced by foreign powers and betraying its founding principles.

  • They accuse the regional body of not supporting their fight against terrorism and imposing illegitimate sanctions.

  • ECOWAS states that it was not notified of the countries' decision to leave the bloc.
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Myanmar: The Many Foes of Min Aung Hlaing: Three years after the coup, and several months after the beginning of a major resistance offensive ...
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Myanmar: The Many Foes of Min Aung Hlaing
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Victims of Türkiye's 1997 coup hopeful for future: Victims of what has come to be described as a 'postmodern coup,' when the military interfered in civilian life ...
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Victims of Türkiye's 1997 coup hopeful for future
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More fugitives nabbed on border as FETÖ scrambles to flee Türkiye: Turkish authorities on Sunday captured four suspected terrorists, including two belonging to ...
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More fugitives nabbed on border as FETÖ scrambles to flee Türkiye
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UPDF rewards officers who helped foil coup: The UPDF soldiers played a crucial role in thwarting a coup attempt
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UPDF rewards officers who helped foil coup
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Rohingya pawns in Myanmar’s cynical conscription drive: Faced with a decline in authority and mounting territorial losses, Myanmar’s beleaguered junta has ...
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Rohingya pawns in Myanmar’s cynical conscription drive
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Go after coup mongers, FG instructs DIA: Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has directed the Defence Intelligence Agency to go after those ...
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Go after coup mongers, FG instructs DIA
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Matawalle orders arrest of people calling for coup in Nigeria: The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has directed the DIA to go after those calling ...
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Matawalle orders arrest of people calling for coup in Nigeria
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Macky Sall’s Bid to Rule Senegal from the Grave Was Doomed: The Senegalese president’s clumsy attempt at a constitutional putsch is the latest in a trend of ...
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Macky Sall’s Bid to Rule Senegal from the Grave Was Doomed
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Myanmar: The Many Foes of Min Aung Hlaing: Three years after the coup, and several months after the beginning of a major resistance offensive ...
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Myanmar: The Many Foes of Min Aung Hlaing
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Myanmar junta eases election registration rules ahead of expiry of state of emergency
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Myanmar junta eases election registration rules ahead of expiry of state ...
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US lawmakers to press for humanitarian action on Myanmar
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US lawmakers to press for humanitarian action on Myanmar
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US imposes additional sanctions on Myanmar on third coup anniversary: US imposes additional sanctions on Myanmar on third coup anniversary
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US imposes additional sanctions on Myanmar on third coup anniversary
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Nigerian Military Dismisses Coup Rumours: The Nigerian army has denied claims of an impending coup plot within its ranks as categorically false ...
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Nigerian Military Dismisses Coup Rumours
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No to military coup: THE reported calls for a military coup in Nigeria due to economic hardship are highly disturbing and potentially destabilising.
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No to military coup
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Efforts on to send back BGP members: home boss: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said efforts are underway to return the 14 members of the Myanmar ...
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Efforts on to send back BGP members: home boss
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Meet the young rebels fighting against Myanmar’s junta: The 2021 coup in Myanmar brought new blood into resistance groups. Their fresh ideas have been embraced ...
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Meet the young rebels fighting against Myanmar’s junta
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3 yrs after coup, Japan group strives to aid displaced Myanmar people - The Mainichi
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3 yrs after coup, Japan group strives to aid displaced Myanmar people - ...
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Military vows to go after advocates of coup: The Chief of Defence Staff said those calling for coup d’etat are enemies of Nigeria, saying the law will catch up ...
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Military vows to go after advocates of coup
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US marks anniversary of Myanmar coup with further sanctions: WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday (Jan 31) slapped further sanctions on Myanmar ...
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US marks anniversary of Myanmar coup with further sanctions
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On 3rd anniversary of coup, Myanmar junta urged to end ‘campaign of violence': ‘Inclusive solution to crisis requires conditions that permit people of Myanmar ...
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On 3rd anniversary of coup, Myanmar junta urged to end ‘campaign of ...
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Myanmar’s embattled junta extends emergency rule on eve of coup anniversary: Myanmar's military rulers are facing their biggest challenge since first taking ...
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Myanmar’s embattled junta extends emergency rule on eve of coup ...
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Jair Bolsonaro against democracy: The former Brazilian president is being accused of promoting a coup that had its most notorious expression in Brasília
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Jair Bolsonaro against democracy
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Suu Kyi in ‘strong spirits’: OUSTED Myanmar democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi (pic) is in “strong spirits”, her son said after receiving a letter from her – ...
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Suu Kyi in ‘strong spirits’
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Myanmar's 'watermelons': Soldier on the outside, rebel inside: For about two years, says 24-year-old Yan, a former Myanmar police officer, he risked his life ...
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Myanmar's 'watermelons': Soldier on the outside, rebel inside
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End for Myanmar military’s monkey-grip on independence?: Ahead of Myanmar’s 76th Independence Day on January 4, the official preparations appear morose ...
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End for Myanmar military’s monkey-grip on independence?
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Niger and Russia Are Forming Military Ties - 3 Ways This Could Upset Old Allies: Analysis - In July 2023, Niger's military took over in a coup just two years ...
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Niger and Russia Are Forming Military Ties - 3 Ways This Could Upset Old ...
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Naypyidaw sends official to Asean meeting: A senior official met Asean foreign ministers in Laos, the junta-­ruled country’s first representative to attend a ...
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Naypyidaw sends official to Asean meeting
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3 years after Myanmar coup, Singapore jeweller’s crowning moment, lucky Lunar New Year food: 5 weekend reads you may have missed
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3 years after Myanmar coup, Singapore jeweller’s crowning moment ...
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Myanmar junta threatened by armed rebels 3 years after coup: Together with offensives by other ethnic rebel groups and the militia of a parallel government ...
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Myanmar junta threatened by armed rebels 3 years after coup
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Commentary: Three years on from the coup, Myanmar’s civil war looks headed for a fourth year
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Commentary: Three years on from the coup, Myanmar’s civil war looks headed ...
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Myanmar stands on humanitarian ‘precipice’, UN warns: The humanitarian situation in the country has worsened since the coup there nearly three years ago ...
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Myanmar stands on humanitarian ‘precipice’, UN warns
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After more than ten years: Bundeswehr has ended its mission in Mali: The Bundeswehr has left its camp in Gao, West Africa. The UN operation did not bring the ...
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After more than ten years: Bundeswehr has ended its mission in Mali
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The Tatmadaw | Junta down but not out: Myanmar's Tatmadaw faces a severe backlash against its military junta, with pro-democracy forces launching a ...
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The Tatmadaw | Junta down but not out
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Rebel fire and China's ire: Inside Myanmar's anti-junta offensive: When generals from Myanmar's junta held peace talks in June, ethnic armies had already laid ...
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Rebel fire and China's ire: Inside Myanmar's anti-junta offensive
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Myanmar Ethnic Alliance ‘Reaffirms’ Goal of Overthrowing Military Junta: The Three Brotherhood Alliance made the announcement two days after reports that it took ...
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Myanmar Ethnic Alliance ‘Reaffirms’ Goal of Overthrowing Military Junta
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Guinea Junta Orders Investigation of Ex-President Conde For Treason: Guinea's Justice Minister Alphonse Wright  announced an investigation into former ...
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Guinea Junta Orders Investigation of Ex-President Conde For Treason
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Africa’s Democratic Crisis Deepened in 2023: The year 2023 marked a crucial yet difficult time for democracy in Africa, especially in its western and central ...
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Africa’s Democratic Crisis Deepened in 2023
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Niger Severs Ties with Francophone Body Over Close Ties to France: Niger has suspended all co-operation with the International Organisation of Francophone ...
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Niger Severs Ties with Francophone Body Over Close Ties to France
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Myanmar orders civil servants, ex-military to prepare for emergencies: Myanmar's military rulers have ordered all government staff and those with military ...
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Myanmar orders civil servants, ex-military to prepare for emergencies
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West Africa: Coups Fuelling Insecurity in West Africa - ECOWAS: The Economic Community of West African States has said the military coups in Burkina Faso, Mali ...
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West Africa: Coups Fuelling Insecurity in West Africa - ECOWAS