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Guinea Bissau rocked by coup, president’s arrest
AFP, Published on 27/11/2025
» BISSAU - Military officials in Guinea-Bissau said they had seized “total control” of the coup-prone west African country Wednesday, arresting its president, closing its borders and suspending its electoral process three days after general elections.
Guinea-Bissau youth hope presidential vote brings better life
AFP, Published on 22/11/2025
» BISSAU - Caramba Souare focuses on cleaning the car in front of him despite a din of surrounding festivities on the last day of presidential campaigning in Guinea-Bissau.
A big no to coups
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/11/2025
» Re: "Court lifts veil on army's IO ops", (Editorial, Nov 9).
Court lifts veil on army's IO ops
Editorial, Published on 09/11/2025
» The army insisted in court that the information operations (IO) orders against dissenters were fake. The court decided they were real. However, the army has faced no legal consequences.
Another day, another massacre
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 08/11/2025
» The ceasefire in Gaza, however shaky, is freeing up some bandwidth for the world's media to fret about other ongoing massacres, and UN Secretary General António Guterres wasted no time in turning the spotlight on Sudan. "The horrifying crisis in Sudan … is spiralling out of control," he said on Monday -- but he didn't explain why.
When students rise
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 28/10/2025
» Back in the mid-19th century, female education increased literacy and access to jobs and they began to fight for participation in public life. The public sphere promised them a new horizon. From the 1890s onwards, print media began to allow women to express their voice and authors vaunted personal talent and equality, including gender relations. Following the Siamese Revolution in 1932, women were enfranchised for the first time.
Pheu Thai harbours lofty ambitions
Published on 25/10/2025
» The Pheu Thai Party has boldly set its sights on capturing at least 200 parliamentary seats in the upcoming general election — a target it says is crucial to reclaiming power and reasserting its dominance on the political stage.
Venezuela deploys troops, reports of new US boat strike
AFP, Published on 18/10/2025
» SAN CRISTOBAL (VENEZUELA) - Venezuela deployed thousands of troops near the Colombian border on Thursday in response to the US military buildup in the Caribbean, where US media reported a new strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat.
Army colonel to be sworn in as Madagascar president
AFP, Published on 17/10/2025
» ANTANANARIVO (MADAGASCAR) - Madagascar is set Friday to swear in an army colonel as president, just days after a military power grab that sent President Andry Rajoelina fleeing and raised international alarm about a new coup on the island.
Madagascar's new military leader insists takeover 'not a coup'
AFP, Published on 17/10/2025
» ANTANANARIVO (MADAGASCAR) - Madagascar's Colonel Michael Randrianirina insisted on the eve of his swearing in as new leader on Friday that a military power grab that sent President Andry Rajoelina fleeing the island was "not a coup".