After a period of relative stability, coups have returned as a major political force across Africa in recent years, with a clear concentration in the Sahel. Countries like Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, and Sudan have seen military takeovers, often justified as responses to insecurity, terrorism, or weak civilian governments.
In Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta took power after back-to-back coups. In Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré seized control in 2022, becoming one of the world’s youngest leaders while Niger’s 2023 coup brought General Abdourahamane Tchiani to power.
Sudan stands out as the most tragic case: the 2021 coup led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, followed by a power struggle with the RSF’s Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), spiraled into a brutal civil war that continues to devastate the country.
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Sahal is the least politically stable region in the world.
Cutting back French colonization in the Sahel is good news.
Damn Benin with the L step it up
Russia supported most of these coups
Wow most of these were colonized by Fr*nce
Dang! What happened in Madagascar? I hadn’t even heard anything.
Now I don’t support coups, but something in me wanted it to span from the Atlantic to the Red Sea. For map reasons.
Fuckin Chad, always in the middle of these things
I hope they continue, No French colonialism
Why are all but two successful coups in countries you could draw a straight line through?
Why are all of them in a straight line ðŸ˜
This looks like amateurosh worldbuilding
hmmm Russia gets involved in an expensive war with Ukraine then unrelated African countries have changes in the government….
They should build a railroad
From Sea to Shining Sea: the African Coup Belt
You have the only 3 countries that have a flag composed this way : Madagascar 🇲🇬, Benin 🇧🇯 and Guinée-Bissau 🇬🇼
Coïncidence? I don’t think so!