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A deep dive into the many sharpening contradictions in de-colonized Africa

Let us stop celebrating coups aimed at furthering the interests of a few military elites as acts of anti-imperialist resistance.

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Mass protests confront governments, police and employers in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe

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This week’s military coup by Burkina Faso’s elite presidential guard on the eve of the scheduled Oct. 11 national elections has sparked widespread resistance and at least 10 deaths. General Gilbert Diendere, the former commander of the Regiment of Presidential Security, trained and funded by the U.S. and France, is the coup’s leader. He is also the former chief of staff to ex-President Blaise Compaore, ousted after 27 years of misrule by a 2014 popular uprising.