The Democratic Republic of Congo’s military quelled a deadly coup attempt in Kinshasa, involving a shootout and three deaths, and arrested several people, including Americans, who targeted legislator Vital Kamerhe’s residence. The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DR Congo) military authorities declared that they had put down a coup attempt in
The Intercept has verified that Brig. Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou, the head of Niger’s Special Operations Forces and a key figure in the unfolding coup in Niger, received training from the U.S. military. Since 2008, military officers trained by the United States have been involved in 11 coups in West
Russian Ambassador Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko claims that President Aleksandar Vucic’s opponents are planning a Maidan-style coup attempt unfolding in Belgrade. Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko has leveled some dramatic allegations against the West in relation to both the Ukraine war and ongoing tensions and clashes in northern Kosovo, which has
The IMF sent $350 million in cash to the Myanmar government just days before the military coup.
The President of Mali has resigned and dissolved the parliament after being seized by military coup plotters. Meanwhile, negotiations are underway for the immediate release of the President and the Prime Minister with a guarantee from the international community that the mutineers will not be prosecuted. Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar
For years there have been whispers of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s foreign connections. Its closeness to Pakistan and especially with Islamabad’s notorious ISI has been a subject of endless discussions. Now into the picture comes Israel’s dreaded Mossad and its alleged linking up with the BNP. It was Shahriar Alam,