Why the rest of the world can’t afford to ignore the coup in Niger
Today in Focus
The Guardian
4.6 • 5.9K Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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The Sahel region, sometimes called Africa’s ‘coup belt’, has just seen another government ousted. Peter Beaumont and Nesrine Malik on what it means for African – and global – security. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Guardian. |
| 0:08.8 | Today, in Africa's Sahel region, |
| 0:11.8 | there have been eight coups in the past three years. |
| 0:15.0 | Why the latest one in Niger might be different? |
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