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Peaceful protests in Peru after deadly clashes

Protestors showed their support for police as well as citizens killed and injured in violent clashes in Peru following the removal of the president from office last week.

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Protests continue in Sudan despite deal to end post-coup crisis

Sudanese demonstrators took to the streets of the capital Khartoum to protest a recent deal between military leaders and civilian factions, aimed at ending the crisis caused by last year's military coup. "This settlement is a betrayal to the blood of the martyrs," says a protester.

Germany

Police investigate German coup plot fuelled by conspiracy claims

German police are investigating a plot to overturn their country’s government that included a large amount of money and weapons.

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Peru appoints first female leader after President Castillo impeached

Former president Pedro Castillo was impeached by Congress on Tuesday and later arrested on suspicion of rebellion.

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Germany

Germany raids: Extreme right group had plan for coup d'état

Extreme right group raids in Germany had plans for coup d'état, says Haldenwang

Germany

Authorities in Germany name arrested alleged members of all coup plot

German police staged nationwide raids on Wednesday and arrested 25 people suspected of belonging to a far-right "terror cell" plotting to overthrow the government and attack parliament.

São Tomé and Príncipe

Portugal sends coup investigators to São Tomé and Príncipe

Four people were killed in the events of last Friday, but authorities in the tiny equitorial nation say order has now been restored.

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Institut Français in Ouagadougou vandalised in Mali coup protests

Broken windows and doors, security guards' room set on fire, computer equipment burnt or looted, this is what the French Institute looked like after the protesters' attack during the demonstrations that followed the resignation and replacement of the junta's Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso coup leader calls for end to anti-French violence

French institutions in the West African nation have been attacked following reports, denied by Paris, that France had given protection to the leader deposed in Friday's coup.

Burkina Faso

Gunfire in Burkina Faso a day after second military coup this year

The African Union has condemned the ouster of Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who overthrew the country’s democratically elected president in January.

Belarus

Belarus jails five people for alleged attempted coup

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had claimed that he had foiled a coup in April last year.

Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to six more years in prison for corruption

Analysts say the charges are an attempt to legitimise the military’s seizure of power.

Sudan

Sudan forces kill at least one protester, says doctors' group

The Sudan Doctors Committee, which is part of the pro-democracy movement, said the protester was shot dead when security forces opened fire on demonstrators in Omdurman.

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Tear gas, ambulances at protest outside Sri Lanka PM office

Police fire tear gas at protesters mobbing the Prime minister's residence in Colombo as crisis-hit Sri Lanka declared an indefinite nationwide state of emergency, hours after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country.

Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi moved to prison, says Myanmar military junta

Human rights experts have accused the army of creating a "digital dictatorship" through internet shutdowns and surveillance since last year's coup.

Myanmar

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to further five years in prison

Analysts say the conviction is an unjust move to legitimise the military junta’s seizure of power in 2021.

Myanmar

Myanmar junta releases hundreds of prisoners on country's Unity Day

In a customary gesture for national holidays, the country's military ruler Min Aung Hlaing also announced an amnesty for more than 860 prisoners, state-run newspapers reported.

Guinea-Bissau

Guinea Bissau: President says calm returned to capital after gunfire

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, said in a statement that it "condemns this attempted coup" and holds the military responsibility for the "physical integrity" of the president and his government.

Myanmar

Myanmar opposition holds 'silent strike' to mark one year since coup

The new U.N. special envoy for Myanmar says violence has intensified since the military took power a year ago and sparked a resistance movement in the country.

Burkina Faso

Soldiers declare military junta in control in Burkina Faso

More than a dozen mutinous soldiers declared on state television that a military junta had seized control of Burkina Faso.

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