Demonstrators filled the streets of the capital, Khartoum, soldiers reportedly fired on some of them, gunfire echoed through the city and internet access was sharply curtailed.
Tag: Coups D’Etat and Attempted Coups D’Etat
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok Is Detained in Apparent Coup
Demonstrators filled the streets, burning tires and chanting slogans in the capital, Khartoum, and there was a “significant disruption” to the internet.
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok Is Detained in Apparent Coup
Demonstrators filled the streets, burning tires and chanting slogans in the capital, Khartoum, and there was a “significant disruption” to the internet.
Sudanese Officials Detained by Military Amid Fears of a Coup
Demonstrators filled the streets, burning tires and chanting slogans in the capital, Khartoum, and there was a “significant disruption” to the internet.
Sudan Rocked by Protests Amid Warnings of a Coup
Demonstrators burned tires and chanted slogans in the capital, Khartoum, and there was a “significant disruption” to the internet.
Myanmar Announces Amnesty for Thousands of Anti-Coup Protesters
The junta, which seized power in February, said it was releasing the prisoners to mark the Lighting Festival, a three-day holiday that begins Tuesday.
Who Killed Thomas Sankara? Trial Opens, 34 Years After His Death.
The president of the West African nation of Burkina Faso, an anticolonial leader celebrated across the continent, was assassinated in 1987. Now 14 men, including the president who took his place, are on trial.
‘What Have We Done With Democracy?’ A Decade On, Arab Spring Gains Wither
Tunisia, birthplace of the pro-democracy uprisings that swept the Arab world, now looks to many like a final confirmation of failed promise.
Turkish Philanthropist, Osman Kavala, Goes to Trial
Lawyers and human rights groups denounced the trial as a farcical attempt to prolong the detention of dissidents on trumped-up charges already found to be inadequate.
Intrigue Deepens at U.N. Over Myanmar and Afghanistan
On the final day of the General Assembly’s most important annual gathering, no one is expected to speak for Myanmar, but the envoy of Afghanistan’s ousted government may yet take the podium.