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Examines the link between military coups in West Africa, maladministration, and external influences.
This study examines the correlation between the resurgence of coup d’états that have rapidly swept through parts of West Africa, giving bent to external power plays, and the interplay of maladministration and development challenges that have ravaged the sub-region. Previously in the sub-region, coups were staged to protect, propagate, and strengthen Western interests; and Western-friendly regimes have flourished despite apparent internal discontents. However, recent coups had marked a difference
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