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Mali’s military rulers say they arrested a group of military personnel and civilians, including two Malian generals and a ...
A French national detained in Mali on accusations of plotting against the junta is a member of the French Embassy in Bamako, ...
Supreme Court will rule on ex-president’s fate in case dividing nation that could result in lengthy prison term.
When Mali’s military staged a first coup on 18 August 2020, they said they were not planning on holding onto power and ...
When the U.S. role in the 1973 coup in Chile became known, activists took action. So did U.S. lawmakers. This is what happened after the U.S. helped topple a Marxist and aided a right-wing dictator.
When President Leon Mba of Gabon was toppled by the military in 1964, then-French President Charles de Gaulle sprang into action and immediately sent French troops to restore Mba to power.
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The August Coup

It was the event now remembered as the “August Coup.” Coup troops’ tanks stand deployed in Moscow’s Red Square, the capital ...
A coup is shorthand for "coup d’etat," a French term that means the overthrow of the government. The key element of a coup is that it is carried out beyond the bounds of legality.
The Post traveled to Burkina Faso to shed light on President Ibrahim Traoré’s remarkable reinvention — from obscure junta ...