Fragile states Why do military coups keep happening?
Feb 18, 2022
3 minutes
By Emmanuel Akinwotu LAGOS
Appearing on state tele vision, military officers read from a statement, calmly announcing the takeover of the state. In the capital, crowds celebrate, cheering as the coup is roundly condemned outside their country.
It is a scene that has played out on multiple occasions in west Africa – in Mali in 2020 and again in August last year, in Guinea in September, and in Burkina Faso last month. Coups have also taken place to the
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