22 min listen
Are coups catching on in West Africa?
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Feb 7, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Burkina Faso just experienced the latest in a series of coups across West Africa. Frustration with the lavish lifestyle of aging heads of state, sustained security problems along the Sahel and an anti-colonial sentiment are all breeding discontent. But why so many countries and why now? Al Jazeera’s West Africa correspondent, Nicolas Haque takes us to the center of Burkina Faso’s coup and introduces us to some of the people driving this change.
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Released:
Feb 7, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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