junta
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Guinea-Bissau's junta leader General Horta N'Tam urged members of the presidential guard loyal to exiled former president Umaro Sissoco Embalo to voluntarily lay down their weapons on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
But the junta said last week "security conditions" were not met for Embalo's return.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
It was the highest-level engagement between Washington and Myanmar’s ruling junta since the 2021 coup that ousted its elected leader, the Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, and plunged the country into civil war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
But there were U.S. bureaucratic obstacles, including uncertainty about negotiating with the Myanmar junta and questions about which agency would take the lead, the officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Farmer was hoping Aristide would openly challenge the junta by running for president.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Benin officials suspect Tigri, Samary and the sergeant have found shelter with one of the neighboring military juntas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
He now has to do business with neighbours led by hostile military juntas -- notably in Burkina Faso -- which are battling jihadists.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025
Ruled by military juntas, both countries have ended the presence of Western troops, particularly French forces, over recent years.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
The military takeover followed a string of others in the region - neighbouring Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso are also run by juntas.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025
Lisbon and Oporto were both the seats of juntas of provisional government, and both assembled Cortes to take into consideration the framing of a new constitution, and the reformation of ancient abuses.
From Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 by Maria Graham
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