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Countries in North Africa that have had coups since 2020 (lemmy.world)
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[–] SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Can someone explain what these countries have in common that they form this straight line across north africa?

[–] PochoHipster@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

They are all in the Sahel region. The Sahara is expanding into them as the climate changes.

[–] match@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

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