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Gambia’s strongman leader Yahya Jammeh has blamed unidentified foreign dissidents and “terrorists” for an assault on his presidential palace and said that the army...
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Gambian President Yahya Jammeh returned home overnight after a failed coup by disaffected soldiers while he was abroad, a military source said Wednesday, voicing...
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A group of disaffected soldiers launched a foiled coup bid in The Gambia on Tuesday while the west African state’s iron-fisted leader was in...
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Fourteen people were wounded and 179 arrested during unrest that broke out on the 41st anniversary of the coup that brought Chilean dictator Augusto...
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Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane said he had fled for his life across the border to South Africa, accusing the military of seizing power...
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Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane on Saturday said he had fled for his life across the border to South Africa, accusing the military of...
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Lesotho’s military seized control of police headquarters in the tiny African kingdom in the early hours of Saturday, a government minister told AFP, describing...
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A Turkish court on Wednesday handed life sentences to two ageing generals behind a 1980 military takeover, the bloodiest in Turkey’s coup-ridden history. Kenan...
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Two images stick in the minds of Spaniards from February 23, 1981, the day Spain escaped a military coup. The first shows politicians cowering...