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Aye Chan, a former factory worker turned resistance fighter who lost his leg fighting against the military, stands on crutches as he poses next to his prosthetic leg during an interview with Reuters in an undisclosed location, January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Staff
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Two years on, Myanmar coup takes a 'catastrophic toll'

Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing. Photo: Collected
World+Biz

UN chief backs democracy for Myanmar 2 years after coup

The inscription 'To the German people' is written above the entrance to the Reichstag building, the seat of Germany's lower house of parliament Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
Europe

Former lawmaker's arrest over suspected coup plot highlights Germany's extremism problem

Police escort a person after 25 suspected members and supporters of a far-right group were detained during raids across Germany, in Karlsruhe, Germany December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Heiko Becker
Europe

Germany expects more arrests after coup plot swoop

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Germany: 25 arrested on suspicion of planning armed coup

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio, President of the ECOWAS Commission Omar Alieu Touray, Minister of Federal Capital Territory Mohammed Bello meet at the ground breaking ceremony of the new Ecowas secretariat in Abuja, Nigeria December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
Africa

West African leaders plan peacekeeping force to counter 'coup belt' reputation

Supporters of the Tunisian Free Destourian Party wave national flags and raise placards during a demonstration against President Kais Saied in the capital Tunis, on October 15, 2022.— AFP
Africa

Tunisian protesters denounce 'coup', demand president's removal

Captain Ibrahim Traore looks on during the announcement on television that he has ousted Burkina Faso's military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and dissolved the government and constitution, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, September 30, 2022, in this detail of still image obtained from a video. Radio Television Burkina Faso/Handout via REUTERS
Africa

Burkina Faso president resigns on condition coup leader guarantees his safety

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US planned coups in several countries

White House national security adviser John Bolton arrives to speak about the political unrest in Venezuela after violence broke out at anti-government protests near Caracas, outside the White House in Washington, U.S., April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
World+Biz

Former senior US official John Bolton admits to planning attempted foreign coups

Leaders from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) pose during an extraordinary summit to hear reports from the recent missions to Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea, following military coups in those countries, in Accra, Ghana March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko
Africa

West African leaders set deadlines for 'recalcitrant' coup-hit states

Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn removes his mask before the news conference after the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 17 February 2022. REUTERS/Cindy Liu
South Asia

ASEAN envoy seeking favourable conditions for Myanmar peace process

Economic Community Of West African States flags are pictured during a Nigeria, Benin and Niger foreign ministers meeting on Nigeria's border closure in Abuja, Nigeria 14 November 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo
Africa

West African bloc says will not abandon Burkina Faso after coup