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Myanmar jade traders caught between the military junta and anti-coup dissidents
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Myanmar is the world’s biggest source of jade, exporting more than US$420 million worth of the gemstone mineral between October 2019 to May 2020. The nation’s jade industry has long supported the financing of the military, which seized power on February 1, 2021, after staging a coup and detaining pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The…
Mass protests in Sudan after military seize power – BBC News
Protests have been taking place in Sudan after its military seized power in a coup. Security forces have used tear gas on crowds and beat people with sticks with reports that many people have been detained. Sudan had lived under military dictatorship for decades until 2019. Now Sudan’s civilian Prime Minister is under house arrest and pro-democracy demonstrations are being met with force. Sudan’s economy…
Taliban holds military parade to inaugurate new ‘Islamic Emirate Army’ #shorts
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The Taliban held a military parade in Afghanistan’s second-largest city Kandahar on November 8, 2021. Using former Afghan and international force vehicles and helicopters, the Taliban inaugurated its new “Islamic Emirate Army” in the group’s spiritual heartland. Source: AFP Follow us on: Website: https://scmp.com SCMP Knowledge: https://www.scmp.com/knowledge Facebook: https://facebook.com/scmp Twitter: https://twitter.com/scmpnews Instagram: https://instagram.com/scmpnews Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/south-china-morning-post/
What’s behind the military coup in Sudan? | Start Here
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has seized control in Sudan. He’s kicked out Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and imposed a state of emergency. What’s the backstory? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains. #SudanCoup #SudanProtests #Sudan Check out our other Start Here episodes https://bit.ly/3o0BEIW Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ And let us know in…
More than 20 killed in attack on Afghanistan military hospital – BBC News
More than 20 people have been killed and at least 16 injured in an attack on a military hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul, an official at the Ministry of Public Health told the BBC. A Taliban spokesman confirmed there had been two explosions – the first in front of the 400-bed Sardar Daud Khan hospital and the second nearby. Gunmen then broke into the…
Sudan’s military ruler declares national state of emergency
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the military officer who heads a power-sharing ruling council, announced a state of emergency across the country and the dissolution of the transitional sovereign council and the government. He said the 2019 agreement on the transitional government which the civilian and military leadership had shared had turned into a struggle that was threatening peace and security. The military needed to protect the…