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The Intercept
December 4, 2017
Yemen's deposed former leader Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed on Monday during clashes in the capital city of Sana'a, marking a dangerous new turn in the country's civil war. Three days earlier, Saleh had turned against his Houthi rebel allies, switching sides in a conflict that has been raging for roughlyÃâà...
Voice of America
November 18, 2017
The controversial extradition of a prominent ONLF rebel leader to Ethiopia was illegal, a report by a Somali parliamentary commission said Saturday. Abdikarim Sheikh Muse, a top member of Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), which is based in Ethiopia, was handed over to Ethiopian authorities onÃâà...
Voice of America
July 26, 2017
Civil society activists say a move to exclude South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar from a regional peace process will ensure that South Sudan remains engulfed in war. Ministers of the East African bloc IGAD said Monday that Machar will not be invited to the next meeting for the peace process, which isÃâà...
Caribbean360.com
April 25, 2017
FLORIDA, United States, Tuesday April 25, 2017 – Four months after declaring he was innocent of drug trafficking and money laundering charges, former Haitian coup leader Guy Philippe has confessed to the crimes. Under a deal that could save him from spending the rest of life behind bars, the notoriousÃâà...
Miami Herald
March 24, 2017
A Miami federal judge has rejected a motion to throw out a drug-trafficking indictment against Guy Philippe, a prominent public figure in Haiti who was arrested on the island by U.S. agents on Jan. 5, just days before he was going to be sworn in as a senator. U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga faultedÃâà...
Miami Herald
March 16, 2017
Just months after a U.S. grand jury indicted ex-Haitian rebel leader Guy Philippe on drug-trafficking charges, federal authorities attempted to trick him into accepting travel documents that would bring him to South Florida — and into the arms of the law. But Philippe, a roguish former Haiti National PoliceÃâà...
Jamaica Observer
February 19, 2017
An ex-member of Haiti's disbanded armed forces and a former police commissioner, Philippe rose to international prominence 13 years ago this month after leading a caravan of heavily armed militiamen into Port-au-Prince amid a bloody coup that removed then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from powerÃâà...
Miami Herald
January 13, 2017
With dozens of T-shirt clad supporters and his wife looking on, former Haiti rebel leader and Senator-elect Guy Philippe pleaded not guilty Friday to drug-trafficking and money-laundering charges in a Miami federal courtroom. Philippe's plea came as his recent arrest by the Haiti National Police continued toÃâà...
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