What's behind the recent coups in Africa?

Name: What's behind the recent coups in Africa?
Uploaded: 2022-02-08T07:26:03.000Z
Duration: 2 min 15 s
Description: There have been eight coups, successful and unsuccessful, in West and Central Africa between 2020 and 2022.

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Recent coups in West and Central Africa have probed many to ask what, if anything, connects them.

BBC's Mayeni Jones looks at some of the reasons behind recent military takeovers across the region.

Produced and edited by Joshua Akinyemi

Africa

8 February 2022