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Coup Belt
countries in West Africa, Central Africa and the Sahel in which coups d’état occur frequently / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Coup Belt is a term used to talk about a part of West Africa and the Sahel, where there are a lot of coups (where a group of people take over a government by force) happening. This term became popular recently because there were many coups in the early 2020s. Some examples include coups in Mali, Guinea, Chad, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Gabon.[1][2][3][4] After a coup in Niger in 2023, these countries formed a line across Africa from the east coast to the west coast.
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Coup Belt | |
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Geopolitical region of Africa | |
![]() African countries that have had successful coups between 2020 and 2023 | |
Continent | Africa |
Countries | Sahel and West Africa, mainly: |
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