Niger the latest coup in West Africa
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The Reaction to the Coup in Niger
Bazum's government was seen as increasingly repressive, says Nwaubani. The coup may be welcomed in places like Mali and Burkina, but that also depends on what exactly inspired this coup," he adds. It could even be that the people who did this coup knew the other putchists in Burkina and in Mali through things like Operation Flintlock, an American-style annual exercise to increase security.
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