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Since gaining independence from France in 1960, the CAR has seen decades of political instability including six coups and weak state authority with armed insurgencies fuelimh violence and risk of mass atrocities against civilians.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026 -
Mali, alongside neighboring Niger and Burkina Faso, have been wracked by coups in recent years and are now ruled by military leaders who took power by force, pledging to provide more security to citizens.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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When asked to name the most important lesson from the events of 2011 to 2024 (the years of Syria’s uprisings), a plurality—41 percent—cited the acceptance of one another and of one another’s differences.—
Salma Al-Shami,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Dec. 2025
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Owners like Washington lived in constant fear of uprisings like the unsuccessful ones that had risen up on the then-British colony of Jamaica three times in 15 years.—
Jeremy Helligar,
PEOPLE,
16 Nov. 2025
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But there were overthrows here, maybe a release that was too late there.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
14 Dec. 2025
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New York made four errors on the evening, including two overthrows that led to multiple free bases on the same play.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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These are not revolts born of ideology, but of exhaustion—with corruption, hypocrisy and the widening gap between citizens and the powerful.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Nov. 2025
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Peasant revolts have been a thing right alongside revolutionary history the entire time.—
Nikki McCann Ramirez,
Rolling Stone,
22 Sep. 2025
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Worth about $5 million, the Chew Valley Hoard is believed to have been hidden for safekeeping nearly 1,000 years ago, as Saxon rebellions against William the Conqueror roiled England; just under half of the 2,584 coins feature the last Anglo-Saxon king Harold II.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
3 Dec. 2025
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Pervasive disregard for the orders to integrate facilities fueled violent race rebellions across the country in the summer of 1943.—
Time,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Wars and insurrections have afflicted other parts of the Middle East, but Baghdad—a city whose name was once synonymous with suicide bombings and sectarian murder—has been spared.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
28 Oct. 2025
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The president can also legally invoke the military under the Insurrection Act, which allows troops to be deployed in order to curb insurrections.—
Alison Durkee,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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The country has for decades grappled with complex security challenges, particularly Islamist insurgencies such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Both interveners ended up battling powerful insurgencies.—
Alexander B. Downes,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Oct. 2025
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