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Is the coup real or a “hoax”?

Nicholas Negos,bbc africaand Vedali Belushi AFP/Getty Images Military takeovers are nothing new in Guinea-Bissau. Since independence from Portugal in 1974, the West African country has experienced at least nine successful coup attempts. But when military officials announced last Wednesday that…

Flood disaster awakens volunteerism in Sri Lanka

Ishara Dhanasekara,BBC News Sinhala News Editor, BBC Sinhalaand Hershey WATCH: Sri Lankan communities submerged after catastrophic floods Sri Lankan actor and musician GK Reginold traveled on a motorized fishing boat through the outskirts of Colombo in the hope of bringing…

Ukrainians in war-torn Donbas weigh prospects for peace deal

Jonathan BealeDefense reporter, Kyiv WATCH: Escape from Ukraine’s war-torn Donbass region. Trains are no longer running to Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region – a region claimed in full by Russian President Vladimir Putin. It’s another sign of Russia’s steady progress. Instead,…