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Synonyms and antonyms of the word: coups

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According to a statement by Nuland with regard to her bullying of Niger’s Military Junta – according to American Law, coups are a federal crime… so who ordered the Pakistan coup?

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/08/no_author/world-economic-forum-reimagining-government-via-ai-stakeholders/

According to one report covering just the last three years, there have been eight coups starting with the first in Mali in 2020.

Source: https://guyanatimesgy.com/whats-going-on-in-africa/

Again, we have seen this happen in Mali, Guniea, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad and Sudan where the quest for freedom from the bondage of former colonial masters like the French and corrupt puppet African leaders and Governments led to military coups.

Source: https://www.blueprint.ng/does-killing-nigerien-babies-bring-glory-to-our-name/

And in Burkina Faso, which recorded two coups in 2020, economic growth slowed to 2.5% in 2022 following a robust 6.9% the year before.

Source: https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/africa/3218950/some-in-africa-are-celebrating-the-coups-many-are-fed-up-and-desperate-for-change-analysts-say.html

April 6 is a symbolic date for Sudan's civilian opposition -- the anniversary of uprisings in 1985 and 2019 that ended up ousting two leaders who had seized power in coups.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/04/protests-sudan-marks-key-anniversary

Around the world, from Central Europe to East Asia, Soros has been accused of stoking immigration, backing coups, sponsoring protests and seeking to push a multicultural agenda.

Source: https://www.legit.ng/business-economy/1529481-trump-indictment-conspiracy-theorists-target-familiar-bogeyman/

Bazoum’s election win in 2021 marked a relatively peaceful transfer of power and capped years of military coups following Niger’s independence from France in 1960.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/08/14/niger-junta-says-high-treason-evidence-gathered-to-prosecute-ousted-president-bazoum/

Burkina Faso has become a focus of the crisis in the Sahel region, an enormous swath of land south of the Sahara that has been shaken by extremist uprisings and military coups.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/world/africa/burkina-faso-military-conscription.html

But if the coup belt has become a theater of geopolitical maneuvering, the coups themselves are rooted in an explosive mix of local factors, experts say.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/world/africa/africa-coups-niger.html

But she added, “Senegal’s conviction is that these coups must be stopped — that’s why we are going there”.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/news-world/news-africa/senegal-troops-join-ecowas-intervention-niger/

But viewed in the light of the recent tide of coups in this part of the world, is it not food for some thought?

Source: https://www.opinionnigeria.com/the-madness-of-a-movement-unjustified-attacks-on-professor-wole-soyinka-by-henry-chukwuemeka-onyema/

But when the coups succeed, the people feel a sense of relief and support the coup makers, who sooner than later show their true colours by suppressing the people.

Source: https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2023/08/06/the-coup-in-niger-signals-return-of-military-interventions-in-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-coup-in-niger-signals-return-of-military-interventions-in-africa

Guinea-Bissau has suffered a series of coups and attempted coups since gaining independence from Portugal in 1974.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67586556?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Guinea-Bissau has suffered a series of coups and attempted coups since gaining independence from Portugal in 1974.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67586556?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

He expressed a broader concern for the people of Gabon and all people who have experienced violations of their rights as a result of recent military coups.

Source: https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/08/investing-in-the-prevention-of-military-coups/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=investing-in-the-prevention-of-military-coups

He played in Connecticut at Putnam Science Academy and was one of Dan Hurley’s first major recruiting coups at UConn when he committed in 2018 and enrolled in January of 2019.

Source: https://www.courant.com/2023/10/28/former-uconn-mens-basketball-player-akok-akok-in-stable-condition-after-collapsing-on-court-in-west-virginia/

He said tear and rubber bullets are "very inflammatory terms," bringing up images of coups d'état, or of police attacking people who had been marching for Black civil rights outside Selma, Ala., in 1965.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-news/federal-government-asking-rcmp-to-ban-use-of-sponge-rounds-cs-gas-for-crowd-control-6486120

Military governments are in power in both neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso following coups.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202307300090.html

People who robotically insist that January 6 was a failed coup need to explain why the episode did not have any of the major features that dozens of successful and unsuccessful coups in other countries have exhibited.

Source: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/january-6-was-not-a-coup-2/