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Topline At least three Americans were arrested after a shootout in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the country’s government said Sunday, calling the violence an attempted coup led by Christian Malanga, a fringe political leader who previously lived in the U.S. Congolose police set up a roadblock after the alleged […]
Today marks a solemn anniversary in Brazil: 60 years ago, the Brazilian military seized power from the government of João Goulart, marking the start of over two decades of military rule. Brazil’s 2014 Truth Commission report is the country’s only formal investigation into this period of dictatorial rule. The commission’s 2,000-page report revealed some grisly […]
On a barren swath of land in the Sahara, U.S. Air Base 201 stands far from public sight, on the outskirts of a remote city in one of the world’s poorest countries, its role more elusive than ever since its completion nearly six years ago. Most of the drones that once monitored jihadist activities in […]
First of some 1,500 French forces leave Niger after being ordered to by Niger’s military that seized power in July. French soldiers have started to withdraw from their bases in Niger, with the first convoy of troops escorted out of the country by Niger’s military as it travelled in the “direction of Chad”, authorities in […]
Listen to this article here DERNA, Libya–Nearly 10,000 people in the North African country of Libya remain missing after Storm Daniel slammed into its port city, Derna. With a death toll standing at over 6,000, the lack of infrastructure and leadership in the divided nation highlights the devastating role a U.S.-backed coup continues to play. […]
Margaret Kimberley was a guest on the Sputnik News program The Critical Hour with co-host Wilmer Leon. They talked about the recent coup in Niger, and the why the U.S. and France are working to undermine the new military government. Wilmer Leon and Margaret discussed the true reasons for antipathy towards Niger, and why other African […]
Athalia Howe was just 12 years old when she, her sister and mother were forced to seek refuge in a cemetery as armed white supremacists terrorized Wilmington, North Carolina, in the fall of 1898. Separated from her father, they were unsure if he was still alive until days later when they reunited. Decades after the […]
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) – The United States and its allies will impose further sanctions on Myanmar on Tuesday, marking the two-year anniversary of the coup with curbs on energy officials and members of the junta, among others. Washington will impose sanctions on the Union Election Commission, mining enterprises, energy officials and current and former […]
Perhaps it was the tweed jacket and cravat. Or maybe the medieval title: Heinrich XIII, Prince of Reuß. Either way, the man at the head of a suspected plot to overthrow the German government, exposed in a series of raids on Wednesday, was easy to dismiss as a joke. The country’s late night
WASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) – Then-President Donald Trump attempted a coup on Jan. 6, 2021, and that will be a centerpiece of committee hearings in Congress next month, said Democrat Jamie Raskin, a committee member who led the prosecution of Trump’s second impeachment. On that day in 2021, Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building, […]