No, President Yoon’s attempted coup was not a desperate act of nostalgia | Opinions
As always, the conventional wisdom is wrong. In the aftermath of the jarring events that rattled South Korea earlier this week, the instant consensus among…
Brazil ex-President Bolsonaro plotted election coup: Police report | Jair Bolsonaro News
Brazilian federal police have published a report implicating former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in an alleged criminal organisation designed to overturn the 2022 presidential election,…
Brazil police accuse ex-President Bolsonaro of involvement in coup attempt | Politics News
Police accuse Jair Bolsonaro and several former officials of involvement in plot after 2022 election defeat.Brazil’s Federal Police have formally accused former President Jair Bolsonaro…
Gabon votes in referendum on new constitution after military coup last year | Elections News
Transitional leader urges voters to back draft charter, which proposes changes that include presidential term limits.Gabon is voting in a referendum on whether to adopt…
‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’ review: Jazz, African politics
Decolonization gets the ultimate needle-drop treatment in the documentary “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” from Belgian filmmaker Johan Grimonprez. It’s a dazzling, tune-filled collage of…
Colombia’s president faces trouble – but blames opposition for ‘coup’ | Government News
A coup is underway in Bogota, Colombia. Or so the Colombian president Gustavo Petro claims. On October 8, Petro took to social media to denounce…
In Turkey, Gulen’s death marks opportunity to move on from coup attempt | Fethullah Gulen News
Istanbul, Turkey – The news that Fethullah Gulen, widely believed in Turkey to be the mastermind behind the country’s 2016 coup attempt, had died had…
‘Coup has begun’: Colombia’s President Petro faces campaign election probe | Elections News
Colombia’s first leftist leader says the investigation into his 2022 campaign finances seeks to unseat him from power.Election officials in Colombia have voted to launch…
West Africa’s ‘coup belt’: Did Mali’s 2020 army takeover change the region? | Politics News
Four years ago this month, a group of Malian soldiers descended on a military base in Kati, close to the capital Bamako, arrested their most…
While Democrats celebrate, Trump and allies keep pushing the false ‘coup’ claim
As the Democratic National Convention kicked off in Chicago this week, former President Trump took to his Truth Social and repeatedly, falsely, described President Biden’s…
Trump campaign airs grievances as Democratic convention begins
Former President Trump lashed out Monday at Vice President Kamala Harris, criticizing her father, falsely stating that she was recruiting undocumented immigrants to vote and…
Year after coup, U.S. finishes withdrawal from key military base in Niger
1 of 2 | U.S. Major Gen. Kenneth Ekman, director of Strategy, Engagement and Programs for U.S. Africa Command, speaks at a June 7 press…
‘Coup!’ review: Class warfare born of pandemic and inequity
As early as the end of 2020, a wave of films began to speak to the COVID-19 pandemic, either explicitly or unintentionally via the limits…
Sierra Leone court finds 11 involved in alleged coup guilty. Leader sentenced to almost 200 years
A Sierra Leone court found 11 people guilty of treason and other offenses following what authorities have called an attempted coup, with their leader sentenced…
A year after Niger’s coup, split political loyalties test family ties | Politics News
Niamey, Niger – “No talk of politics today,” Aissata* said to her teenage daughter on the way to her parents’ house for their traditional Sunday…
The 2021 Myanmar Coup: Ethnic Conflict, Human Rights Violations, and International Response
The Myanmar Military Coup D’etat that happened on February 1, 2021, has since marked a significant change in the country’s stability and political landscape, overturning…
Bolivia coup attempt fails after military assault on presidential palace
Bolivian armed forces pulled back from the presidential palace in La Paz on Wednesday evening and a general was arrested after President Luis Arce slammed…
Bolivia foils military coup attempt: All you need to know | Politics News
EXPLAINERPresident Luis Arce asserts authority as Bolivian Army General Juan Jose Zuniga, who was behind the coup d’etat bid, is arrested. Bolivian President Luis Arce…
Fears of coup attempt in Bolivia as soldiers storm presidential palace | Military News
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Regioinal organisations rally behind Bolivian government as troops and armoured vehicles gather in the capital. Soldiers have stormed Bolivia’s presidential palace in…
Is Burkina Faso on the cusp of another coup? | Conflict News
Recent shootings, first at the presidential palace, and then, at the site of a public broadcaster, in capital Ouagadougou, are fuelling suggestions that Burkina Faso…