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SUDANPHOTO: THE INDEPENDENTDemocracy in Sudan is at risk afterGeneral Abdel Fattah al-Burhan overthrewthe transitional government in a militarycoup on the 25th of October 2021. PrimeMinister Abdalla Hamdok was detainedalong with other ministers over theirstance against the coup. Citizensexpressed civil resistance against themilitary and Prime Minister Hamdock wasreinstated a month later before ultimatelyresigning on the 2nd of January 2022 overthe conflict and fragility of the nation. TheAU suspended Sudan on the 27th ofOctober 2021 until the transitionalauthorities were restored, a prospect thatseems unlikely in the near future.GUINEAOn the 5th of September 2021, ColonelMamady Doumbouya led the overthrow ofGuinean President Alpha Condé over hiserosion of democracy and his autocraticbehaviours. Notably, President Condéaltered the Guinean Constitution to allowhim to run for a third term, a catalyst forpublic outcries and the 2019-2020 Guineanprotests. Doumbouya claimed that ‘theduty of the solider is to save the country’ asthe National Committee for Reconciliationand Development announced that Condé’saltered constitution had been dissolved toallow for a more inclusive one. The AUcondemned the coup and swiftlysuspended Guinea from the union bySeptember 10th, 2021.PHOTO: THE GUARDIANP A G E 1 7 4
BURKINA FASOPresident Roch Kabore was overthrown in amilitary coup on January 24th 2022, for lackof action against growing Islamic and Al-Qaeda groups in Burkina Faso. Despitecitizen-led celebrations for the removal oftheir leader, Burkina Faso was suspendedfrom the Economic Community of WestAfrican States (ECOWAS) and the AfricanUnion (AU) on January 28th and 31st,respectively, until constitutional order wasrestored. The coup was undertaken by thePatriotic Movement for Safeguard andRestoration (MPSR),led by Paul-Henry Sandaogo Damiba whoreleased an initial charter for the countryand declared himself the transitionalPresident of Burkina Faso. After the coup,the MPSR ultimately reinstated theconstitution but nullified the clausescontradicting the new charter.A Soldier on the lookout in a desert area in Northern Burkina Faso.PHOTO: MICHELE CATTANI / UN NEWSP A G E 1 7 5
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Russia's second invasion into Ukrai
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A 2003 report from the Guttmacher I
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P A G E 1 2Calvin Lu and Patrick He
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Common ProsperityThe concept of ‘
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Korea are women — one of thehighe
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MYANMAR IN2022P H O T O : G A Y A T
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SANCTIONS AND CHINA IMPLICATIONSThe
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