If that’s the ship sent to replace BRP Teresa Magbanua, in terms of size and overall capability it isn’t optimised to maintain protracted station at the shoal. It’ll have to head back after a short while, unlike the earlier OPV. This further reflects PCG’s capacity shortfall. https://t.co/zDD40HG5FM
MANILA, Philippines — The spokesperson of the country’s security council said a replacement vessel is now actively patrolling Sabina (Escoda) Shoal, the latest flashpoint of Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea.
Collin Koh is Senior Fellow at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies which is a constituent unit of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, based in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has research interests on naval affairs in the Indo-Pacific, focusing on Southeast Asia.
Dr Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser in Bangladesh’s interim government, on Tuesday introduced Mahfuz Alam, his special assistant, as the “brain” behind the country’s recent student-led movement and subsequent push to topple the Awami League regime, at an event in New York, US.
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Dr Yunus praised Mahfuz for his leadership, calling him the “brain of the whole revolution,” though Mahfuz humbly insisted that the movement had been a collective effort.
He disclosed that Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who was deposed in 2022, had spearheaded the “military aspect of this conspiracy”. Damiba had seized power in a coup in January 2022, ousting elected president Roch Marc Christian Kabore.
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Sana also disclosed that several individuals, including Ahmed Kinda, a formerleader of the country’s special forces, had been detained in connection with the plot.
Damiba was trained by the U.S. military. Burkina Faso needs to kick out the United States.They also fired their Ambassador to Ghana, Sini Pierre Sanou for his alleged involvement.
Burkina Faso’s Security Minister Mahamadou Sana said on national television Monday night that “individuals residing in Cote d’Ivoire have been involved in subversive activities against.” Burkina
The minister accused namely 14 people of plotting the destabilization attempt. Among them junta opponents, the leader of the Jan. 2022 coup, two former ministers, two journalists. Unidentified conspirators included Western intelligence officials.
Authorities say an elaborate three-phased plot was devised by some Burkinabé civilians and servicemen living abroad who paid and trained armed groups to conduct attacks.
Economic operators and leaders of the civil society were allegedly involved in destabilization efforts.
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