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Sudanese soldiers seize power in overnight military coup

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Sudanese soldiers seize power in overnight military coup Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and five cabinet members of the ruling Transitional Sovereignty Council were taken into custody on Monday morning, per local media. Armed soldiers in Sudan launched an offensive against members of the country’s caretaker government, raising fears of yet another military coup in a … [Read more…]

Interview: “If my brother had known that the first military coup would lead to civil war, he’d not have staged it” – Major Nzeogwu’s elder brother, Pa Mark

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Pa Mark Idi Nzeogwu, 89, was the elder brother to the late Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu, leader of the January 15, 1966 first military coup in Nigeria.   At an encounter in Lagos, he stated that if his younger brother had known that the coup would lead to pogroms, and later, a civil war, he … [Read more…]