psychothumbs@lemmy.world to MapPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCountries in North Africa that have had coups since 2020lemmy.worldimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
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minus-squareSamsonSeinfelder@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoCan someone explain what these countries have in common that they form this straight line across north africa?
minus-squarePochoHipster@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThey are all in the Sahel region. The Sahara is expanding into them as the climate changes.
minus-squareSomeDude@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI’ll take a wild guess and say “russias Wagner mercenary troop is active there” Edit: Im not joking, they immediately flew the russian flag after the coup was successful
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agothe Wagner group is active across this region, typically hired by juntas that displace the western-allied governments and pay the Wagner group for security by granting Wagner control over some resource extraction
Can someone explain what these countries have in common that they form this straight line across north africa?
They are all in the Sahel region. The Sahara is expanding into them as the climate changes.
I’ll take a wild guess and say “russias Wagner mercenary troop is active there”
Edit: Im not joking, they immediately flew the russian flag after the coup was successful
the Wagner group is active across this region, typically hired by juntas that displace the western-allied governments and pay the Wagner group for security by granting Wagner control over some resource extraction