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Dec 2023
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What's behind the recent coups in Africa...

Al Jazeera
About this episode

There have been two more coups in Africa during the past year, which brings the total to nine governments that have been ousted since 2020. Are there common factors or are these takeovers isolated? And what could we see in the coming year?

Join host Laura Kyle.

Guests:

Alexis Akwagyiram - Managing editor at the news website, Semafor Africa.

Kabir Adamu - Managing Director at Beacon Consulting.

Moussa Kondo - Executive Director of the Sahel Institute.

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