Tag: military coup
The Overthrow of Robert Mugabe
The Overthrow of Robert Mugabe argues that the 2017 coup, which ousted long-time Zimbabwean president Robert Gabriel Mugabe, cannot be accurately or rigorously understood without examining the crucial role of gender and women’s politics in military seizures of power.
The High Treason Club
On the night of 30 October 2002, eight bomb blasts tore through Soweto. The explosions left one woman dead and damaged vital infrastructure. A far-right white Afrikaner separatist group called the Boeremag carried out the attacks. Their stated aim was to overthrow the ruling African National Congress (ANC) government, rid the country of black people and reinstate a new Boer-administered republic.
In sickness & in war – insurance coverage for global events
Events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and rising levels of cybercrime are encouraging insurers to revisit their policy wording to exclude certain events. Over the past three years, the world has suffered serious humanitarian and financial losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and catastrophic weather, political unrest and wars in central Africa, Europe and more recently, the Middle East.
