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Africa
2/1/2022 10:58:42 PM
Heavily-armed men surrounded the Palace of Government, where President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam were believed to have gone to attend a cabinet meeting.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Entre nous
2/1/2022 10:17:47 PM
Fitness experts say that a couple of breaks each day will develop and maintain a healthy level of flexibility and productivity and allow your entire body to feel comfortable and keep stiffness at bay
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World
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Region
2/1/2022 9:46:45 PM
The West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Tuesday attacked what it called an "attempted coup" in the state of Guinea-Bissau, where journalists earlier reported gunfire around the seat of government in the capital Bissau.
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World
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Africa
2/1/2022 5:48:17 PM
Heavy gunfire erupted Tuesday near the Government Palace in Guinea-Bissau's capital, witnesses said, raising fears of a coup attempt in this West African country with a long history of military takeovers.
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World
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Africa
1/31/2022 8:13:47 PM
Burkina Faso's military junta said Monday it had restored the constitution a week after taking power and appointed the coup's leader as head of state for a transitional period.
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World
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Africa
1/31/2022 6:11:37 PM
Mali is expelling the French ambassador in the light of "hostile statements" by officials of its former colonial ruler, state TV announced Monday, in a new escalation of bilateral tensions following a coup.
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World
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Africa
1/31/2022 4:39:04 PM
The African Union has suspended Burkina Faso until constitutional order is restored in the West African country, the organization announced in a tweet on Monday.
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World
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International
1/31/2022 1:32:08 PM
Myanmar's junta has charged Aung San Suu Kyi with influencing election officials during 2020 polls, a source said on Monday, a year after it staged a coup alleging massive voter fraud.
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World
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Africa
1/29/2022 10:09:22 AM
In Burkina Faso, hundreds of workers are saying good riddance to an ousted president they say let them starve, and hoping for a brighter future under the soldiers who toppled him.
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Sports
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Omni sports
1/27/2022 11:59:22 AM
The finance model for the Winter Olympics calls for the host country to spend several billion dollars, the IOC to earn a couple billion, and sports bodies to share around hundreds of millions.
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World
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Africa
1/26/2022 10:36:31 PM
Burkina Faso's ousted president, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, "is physically well" and is being held by the army in a villa, a source in his party said on Wednesday.
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World
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Africa
1/25/2022 8:30:36 PM
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday after the putsch in Burkina Faso that military coups are 'unacceptable,' calling on West African armies to defend their people rather than fight for power.
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World
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Africa
1/25/2022 11:31:24 AM
More than a dozen mutinous soldiers declared Monday on state television that a military junta had seized control of Burkina Faso after detaining the democratically elected president following a day of gunbattles in the capital of the West African country.
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World
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Africa
1/24/2022 6:26:11 PM
African Union Commission chief Moussa Faki Mahamat on Monday condemned an "attempted coup" in Burkina Faso after the country's president was reportedly detained following a mutiny by soldiers.
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World
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Africa
1/23/2022 5:19:01 PM
Heavy gunfire rang out at a military base in Burkina Faso's capital early Sunday, prompting fears that a coup attempt was underway after weeks of growing frustration with the government's handling of the Islamic insurgency wracking the West African country.
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World
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Africa
1/16/2022 3:41:51 PM
Mali's former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who led the West African country from 2013 until he was ousted in a coup in 2020, died at the age of 76 in the capital Bamako on Sunday, his family said.
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World
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Africa
1/11/2022 9:53:13 PM
Pressure on Mali's ruling junta increased Tuesday as France and the United States underlined their support for the West African bloc ECOWAS, which has slapped sanctions on the country over delayed elections following two coups.
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World
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International
1/10/2022 1:38:26 PM
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said Monday that his country had defeated an attempted coup d'etat during historic violence last week, and insisted that Russian-led troops called in to help quell the unrest would go home "soon".
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World
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Region
1/9/2022 12:59:16 PM
The United Nations said Saturday it would hold talks in Sudan to try to get the country's democratic transition back on track after it was derailed by an October military coup.
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Life & Style
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Health
1/4/2022 5:24:15 PM
A couple of factors are at play, starting with the emergence of the highly contagious omicron variant. Omicron is more likely to infect people, even if it doesn't make them very sick, and its surge coincided with the holiday travel season in many places.
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