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Clashes in Equatorial Guinea as government says it thwarted coup

  MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (AFP) — Clashes were reported in Equatorial Guinea near the border with Cameroon on Wednesday, shortly after the West African state said it had thwarted a coup against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Africa’s longest-serving leader. Government troops had shot dead a “mercenary” and “used gunfire to disperse them in the forests along the border,” state television TVGE said, without specifying how many “mercenaries” were involved or how long the clashes lasted. Reports of […]

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Turkey marks failed coup that changed country

  by Stuart WILLIAMS Agence France-Presse   ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) – Turkey marks one year on July 15 since a coup attempt aiming to topple President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that failed within hours but etched far-reaching consequences into its society and politics. The country is in the throes of the biggest purge in its history against alleged coup supporters while Erdogan has seen his grip on power tightened rather than weakened. But Turkey is also facing […]

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Violence returns to Caracas after Venezuela coup claim

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) – A day after an alleged coup attempt in Venezuela, tensions boiled over anew on the streets of Caracas on Thursday (June 29) as youth angry at President Maduro’s upcoming constituent assembly faced off with riot police. Thursday’s heated protest comes just one day after Maduro said the nation that is a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries  was the victim of a coup, feeding claims from the government that […]

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Turkey detains 57 in post-coup operation

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey on Friday detained 57 people in an operation that is part of an investigation into the failed July 15 coup, state media said. The 57 were detained in six different provinces, with over 100 arrest warrants issued, the state-run Anadolu news agency said. Efforts to detain the remaining suspects are in progress, it added. The suspects are believed to have links to the group of Fethullah Gulen, the United States-based preacher Ankara accuses […]

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Turkey detains 6,000 in purge after failed coup

by Fulya OZERKAN Raziye AKKOC ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish authorities pressed on Sunday with a ruthless crackdown against suspects in the failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with 6,000 people detained as he vowed to stamp out the “virus” of the putschists. Erdogan said Turkey could consider reinstating the death penalty following the putsch bid, despite concerns in the international community. World leaders including US President Barack Obama have strongly condemned Friday’s attempted […]

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Thai army accused of torture in war-hit south: report

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Scores of detainees have been tortured by Thai security forces in the country’s conflict-strewn south, rights groups said Tuesday, with beatings, suffocations and death threats among a litany of alleged abuse. Special security laws govern Thailand’s Muslim-majority southernmost provinces, where more than 6,500 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in a 12-year insurgency against Thai rule. Under martial law — which is flanked by an emergency decree — rebel suspects can be […]

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