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Chile celebrates military coup despite ongoing conflicts
Fifty years ago today, the presidential palace of Chile, called La Moneda, was bombed. This was done during a military coup to remove the...
World
US supports peaceful termination of Niger coup
The US says it respects Ecowas' resolve to investigate all possibilities for a peaceful settlement to the crisis in Niger after the body authorised...
World
Leading Muslim cleric from Nigeria meets coup leader from Niger
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, a former governor of Nigeria's central bank and the Emir of Kano, met with the leader of the military coup in...
World
Niger: First evacuees from the UK land safely in France
The first British nationals to be airlifted out of Niger have safely reached Paris.Oliver Dowden, the deputy prime minister, reported that 14 Britons were...
World
Former president of Ivory Coast passes away at age 89
Henri Konan Bédié, former president of the Ivory Coast, has passed away.He was 89.After Félix Houphout-Boigny passed away in 1993, Mr. Bédié became the...
Independent Africa
Prime Minister of Niger pleads for international assistance in light of military coup
In order to reverse a military coup, Niger's first democratically elected president has appealed for international assistance.Undoing the coup, said to Prime Minister Ouhoumoudou...
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