Decade of coups around the world
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PARIS, Feb 1, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – As the military grab power again in Myanmar, we look back on some other coups around the world over the past decade:
– Mali –
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita is overthrown in August in a putsch after several months of street protests and political crisis in the West African nation.
The takeover was condemned by the international community. But sanctions were lifted on October 5 after a transition government was formed by former air force officer and politician Bah Ndaw, who promised to hand over power within 18 months.
The August 18 coup was the second in just over eight years in the Sahel troublespot.