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NATO sends additional military forces to Eastern Europe because of Russian threat
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NATO sends additional military forces to Eastern Europe because of Russian threat

24 January 2022
NATO is sending extra reinforcements to its member states in Eastern European because of Russia's military troop build-up on the border with Ukraine. The deployment includes frigates, fighter jets and troops for "collective defence". The reinforcements will be stationed in the Baltic Sea and Lithuania, among other places. A Russian invasion of Ukraine now appears increasingly likely, and the US and a number of western countries have evacuated non essential staff from their missions in Kyiv.
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Reports of a coup d'état in Burkina Faso, President Kaboré arrested
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Reports of a coup d'état in Burkina Faso, President Kaboré arrested

24 January 2022
President Roch Kaboré has been arrested and is being held by soldiers who initiated a coup d'état in Burkina Faso. Media reports say that the military, frustrated by the inability of the government to address the attacks by radical Islamic militants, initiated the coup. The soldiers say president Kaboré is not supporting the army sufficiently thus the need for a military regime. Sources close to the military say the president is being held in a safe place. 
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Opinion: Elections in Turkey next year may bring the Erdogan era to an end
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Opinion: Elections in Turkey next year may bring the Erdogan era to an end

24 January 2022
2023 will be a crucial elections year in Turkey, and their is no certainty that president Erdogan and his AK Party can maintain there hold on power, argues Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed. The stakes are high and political turmoil will have implications way beyond Turkey itself.
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Armenian president, Armen Sargissian resigns
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Armenian president, Armen Sargissian resigns

23 January 2022
In a statement issued to the media on Sunday evening (23 January), Sargissian indicated that he was frustrated at the lack of power of the presidency, which under the current Armenian constitution is largely an honorary position. In his statement Sargissian said, "the President does not have the necessary tools to influence the radical processes of domestic and foreign policy in these difficult times for the country and the nation."
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Libya elections could be pushed back to June
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Libya elections could be pushed back to June

22 January 2022
After ending the year with chaos and uncertainty, Libya political factions disagreed over elections rules leading to the postponement of elections originally scheduled for 24 December 2021. It is now expected that elections be pushed towards a June 2022 deadline with no official date set yet.