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Sanctions on the cards as West African leaders discuss Niger
AFP, Published on 30/07/2023
» ABUJA - West African leaders will meet Sunday in the Nigerian capital Abuja for an "extraordinary summit" on Niger, scene of the latest military coup to hit the Sahel region, with the possibility of sanctions on the cards.
Junta-led Sahel states form new bloc, swing to Russia
Reuters, Published on 07/07/2024
» NIAMEY, Niger - Three military-led West African states - Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso - signed a confederation treaty on Saturday underscoring their determination to chart a joint course outside the regional political and economic bloc that has been urging them to return to democratic rule.
Belief in the 'middle way'
Published on 08/09/2024
» Re: "Thailand's Dhammacracy", (PostBag, Sept 1).
Korea martial law lessons for Thailand
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 10/12/2024
» Last week, South Korea experienced a titanic political shift when President Yoon Suk-yeol imposed martial law late on Tuesday night. The move lasted just over six hours before it was lifted, making it one of the shortest-lived martial law declarations in modern political history. It was lucky because it started late at night and ended early in the morning. Had it occurred during the day, the outcome could have been very different.
Bare-knuckle politics
News, Published on 14/12/2024
» For a long time, local elections had been trivialised and dismissed as an insignificant gauge of public opinion.
A kingdom that coupmakers treasure
News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 27/06/2018
» Coups d'etat have become synonymous with Thai politics ever since the nation became a constitutional monarchy in 1932, and this trend is expected to continue since the country lacks a legal precedent to prevent them.
Africa leaders give Niger junta week to cede power
AFP, Published on 31/07/2023
» ABUJA - African leaders on Sunday gave the junta in Niger one week to cede power or face the possible use of force, and slapped financial sanctions on the putschists, after the latest coup in the jihadist-plagued Sahel region raised alarm on the continent and in the West.
Stimuli aren't enough
Postbag, Published on 02/06/2024
» Re: "Economic stimuli in the works," (BP, May 27).
Turkey detains 10 retired admirals over open letter
AFP, Published on 05/04/2021
» ANKARA: Turkey on Monday detained 10 retired admirals after they openly criticised a canal project dear to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a country where the hint of military insubordination raises the spectre of past coups.
Mali opens probe into attempted assassination of interim president
AFP, Published on 21/07/2021
» BAMAKO - Mali on Wednesday said it had opened a probe into an attempt to assassinate military strongman Assimi Goita, the figure behind two coups in less than a year in one of Africa's most troubled countries.