Looking at the history of coups — both the successes and the failures — can help put it the week’s chaotic events into clearer perspective.
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Sudan Military Clashes: Why It Matters and Who Is Battling for Control
The strategically important country in northeastern Africa has been consumed by turmoil after overthrowing a dictator in 2019, with plans for a civilian-led democracy now in shambles.
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2 Generals Took Over Sudan. Will They Deliver Democracy or War?
The deadline is approaching for the generals who took power in a military coup in Sudan to turn over their authority to a civilian government. The mood in the capital, Khartoum, is anxious.
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Putin Allies Must Decide Whether to Host a Wanted Man
The International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for President Vladimir V. Putin could thrust his allies into domestic and foreign legal disputes, experts say.
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Love Songs and Tear Gas in a Tense Sudan Ramadan
“We come to forget it all,” one young musician said during the daily end of the fast. “The heat, the electricity cuts, the protests. Here, at least, we can sing.”