BBC OS Conversatioms: Living through a coup

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Niger has been the focus of international and diplomatic attention over the past week after its democratically elected president was removed from power by the military. In recent days, we have seen hundreds of foreign nationals leave the West African country. For most people in Niger though it is about trying to get on with life – amid the uncertainty – in a country that consistently ranks as having the lowest standards of living anywhere in the world. Host James Reynolds hears from two friends in Niger, Sadissou and Sidien, who share their different perspectives on events.

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0:00.0	excitement here in New Zealand has been ignited for this tournament.
0:04.3	Hearing our fans being behind us is just unforgettable.
0:08.2	World football at the Women's World Cup from the BBC World Service.
0:12.8	We're going all the way, baby.
0:14.1	Find it wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
0:18.2	Hello, I'm James Reynolds.
0:19.6	Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
0:23.0	In BBC OS conversations, we bring people together to share their experiences.
0:27.6	And this time, it's conversations on living through a coup.
0:32.6	Niger is the latest country in Africa to see a government toppled by force.
0:36.5	And it led us to consider what it feels like for those who experience it.
0:40.3	We have conversations with three people who witness to coup as kids,
0:44.4	to journalists who've reported on coups, and also two friends in Niger.
0:49.0	Share their perspectives.
0:57.6	I'm speaking out.
0:58.7	OK, let's talk.
1:00.4	We start saying, OK, let's see.
1:01.9	Maybe tomorrow's team will be fine and right.
1:06.4	Niger is in an area in which she hadists and military regimes
1:09.9	are a significant presence.
1:11.6	It was one of the few democracies left in the Sahel.
1:15.0	That's the vast region that stretches along the southern Sahara desert.
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