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"A convoy of armored vehicles, soldiers roaring and marching the streets with heavy weapons, loud explosions echoing various parts of the city, the country’s president under house arrest, the military general on television screens uttering words like “nation is safe”, “secure” and “restoring stability”. It looked like a coup scene in any Hollywood movie. But, this happened in Zimbabwe, a poverty-stricken African country in mid-November this year. While speaking of Coups, figures show us that nearly 36% of all worldwide military coup attempts since 1950 have occurred in Africa. Coups happen for various reasons, some may succeed, some fail. Mostly coups are done for liberating the country and building a stable economy for the suffering people. But the result is contested, as the plight of the people had never changed in reality. For instance, Coups in Niger (2010), Burkina Faso (2014) and Burundi (2015) were attempts by their leaders to extend their term limits and their power ov...

Israel – Palestine conflict has always been the Middle East’s cauldron, but since recent times, this issue was overshadowed by the Arab Spring, ISIL menace, Afghanistan wars and political turmoil in Libya, Iraq, and Iran. However recent events following the U.S President Trump’s announcement has put the Palestinian issue back at the forefront in the Middle East politics. Briefing in the White House’s diplomatic reception room, President Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel and also unveiled his plan to eventually move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. “Israel is a sovereign nation with the right like any other sovereign nation to determine its own capital;” He further said “Acknowledging this is a fact is a necessary condition for achieving peace." Jerusalem Embassy Act (JEA) of 1995 It is in fact not President Trump’s original plan to relocate the embassy and recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In 1995, during th...

A historic voting is to begin in Venezuela shortly, to elect a new assembly delegated with powers to rewrite the present Constitution. The government says a new constituent assembly is the only way to restore peace to the country after months of violent protests. And the opposition, not buying this argument, have announced to boycott the vote, they blame it is a power grab by President Nicolas Maduro.  According to BBC, more than six thousand candidates are contesting for the 545-member constituent assembly, none are from the opposition. This new assembly will have the required power to bypass the National Assembly, currently controlled by an alliance of opposition parties. Neighboring Colombia has said it will not recognize the constituent assembly. France, Spain, the US and the EU have also urged the government to cancel the vote. In a speech broadcast on TV, President Maduro predicted a "big victory", calling the vote "the most important election held in Vene...