Fatalities have surged since dictatorships took power and turned to Russian mercenaries for help
Military juntas in the Sahel have failed to contain a surge in jihadi violence, with fatalities rising in the years since they took over pledging to bring security to a region that became known as Africa’s “coup belt”. Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger were all taken over by military governments between 2020 and 2023 as soldiers seized on popular anger against democratic governments for their failure to stop the Islamist and insurgent violence that had plagued the region for more than a decade.
Burkina Faso experienced two coups in 2022 while mutinous soldiers overthrew western ally Mohamed Bazoum in Niger last year. They also tapped into widespread discontent about the former governments’ failures to tackle poverty, with nearly half of the population of all three countries living below the poverty line.
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