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Mali has been suspended by the African Union from participating in any activity concerned with the continental organization. This comes after the second coup in a space of nine months. The African Union went ahead to threaten the poor country with a number of sanctions if they don’t restore order immediately. The international community has also gone ahead to warn ...

Earlier on Monday, Myanmar’s military staged a coup and detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi along with her ruling party politicians. The military declared it has taken control of the country for one year under a state of emergency. The intervention followed weeks of rising tension between the military and the civilian government over their November elections. The military ...