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A Look at High-Profile Political Assassinations and Attempts This Century
US News & World Report· 53 minutes ago— Sept. 1, 2022: Argentina's then-Vice President Cristina Fernández is targeted by a man who reportedly aimed a handgun at point-blank range toward the politician in what government ...
Human rights group urges Thai government to halt forced repatriation of political dissidents
Fox News· 6 hours agoA report documented cases of Thai authorities expelling dissidents awaiting resettlement, often...
How Russia is winning in Africa: Wave of military coups gains Putin new allies
Salon via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIn neighboring Burkina Faso, another former French colony, Wagner arrived after a military coup in...
Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidential term expires on May 20th
The Economist· 5 hours agoABRAHAM LINCOLN won a presidential election in civil-war-torn America in 1864, and FDR secured his...
Chad's Mahamat Deby confirmed as winner of disputed election
Reuters via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoDeby, who seized power the day rebels killed his father President Idriss Deby in 2021 and declared...
Tunisian Lawyers Go on Strike, Protest Against Alleged Police Abuse
US News & World Report· 7 hours agoSaied, whose term ends this year, took over most state powers and shut down the elected parliament in 2021 in a move the opposition called a coup. Tunisian police stormed ...
Civilian casualties rise in Myanmar's civil war as resistance forces tighten noose around military
Los Angeles Times· 7 days agoSix months into an offensive against Myanmar’s military government, opposition forces have made...
Murphy's Law: Fatal Reaction to Coups in Africa
Strategy Page· 4 days agoAugust 29, 2023: On July 26th the central African nation of Niger experienced a military takeover of the government. This was condemned by just about every government ...
Tunisian lawyers strike to protest legal expert’s arrest as political tensions mount
Semafor via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSonia Dahmani was arrested after taking refuge inside the bar’s association headquarters and...
Mali: Gold and Hope is Not Enough Up North
Strategy Page· 6 days agoAugust 18, 2023: Now the Mali government claims the thousand or Russian military personnel in Mali belong to the Russian military, not the Wagner Group. Back in Russia, the ...
