Tag: Coups D’Etat and Attempted Coups D’Etat
Germany Arrests 25 People Suspected of Plotting to Overthrow Government
BERLIN — The plan was to storm the German Capitol, arrest lawmakers and execute the chancellor. A prince…
Fighting a Brutal Regime With the Help of a Video Game
U Sein Lin, a retired history teacher in Myanmar, had never played a video game in his life.…
Love Songs and Tear Gas in a Tense Sudan Ramadan
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Friday night by the Nile, and a love song wafted on the warm breeze that…
Ex-Leader of Burkina Faso Convicted in Killing of Predecessor
For decades, Blaise Compaoré, the president of Burkina Faso, preferred to avoid the subject of Thomas Sankara, his…
(Bangkok): A Push for Parentheses Miffs Thais (Who Have Bigger Problems)
BANGKOK — Each morning in her market stall in the Bangkok Noi district of the Thai capital, Jintana…
Myanmar Is Still at War, More Than a Year After Military Coup
On jungle crests about a mile from the front lines in eastern Myanmar, a former hotel banquet coordinator…
U.S. Warns of Grim Toll if Putin Pursues Full Invasion of Ukraine
Mr. Putin has also deployed Special Operations forces — some 1,500 troops — near and even inside the…
Amid Coups and Covid, Africa Focuses on What’s Most Important: Soccer
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon — She had watched some of the matches secretly, volume turned down low so that nobody…
Africa Cup of Nations: Soccer Tournament Offers Joy Amid Coups and Covid
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon — She had watched some of the matches secretly, volume turned down low so that nobody…
Britain Says Moscow Is Plotting to Install a Pro-Russian Leader in Ukraine
According to the British assessment, Russian planners were considering installing a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament named…